hadron

[ had-ron ]

/ ˈhæd rɒn /

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noun Physics.

any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.

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Origin of hadron

1962; <Greek hadr(ós) thick, bulky + -on¹

OTHER WORDS FROM hadron

ha·dron·ic

[ha-dron-ik], /hæˈdrɒn ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby hadron

had one's fill, hadopelagic zone, had rather, Hadrian, Hadrian's Wall, hadron, hadrosaur, hadst, had, to be, Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, Lady, were no crime, hae

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How to use hadron in a sentence

So FRIB is designed to reach less than a hundredth the energy of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva, the world’s most energetic accelerator.
A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei|Emily Conover|November 15, 2021|Science News
That makes it hard to gauge how often hadrons pop up in the muon’s midst.
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles|Natalie Wolchover|April 7, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Calculating this correction involves solving a complicated mathematical sum for each hadron-antihadron pair that can arise.
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles|Natalie Wolchover|April 7, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Dallona of Hadron started, almost as though the bullet had crashed into her own body, then caught herself and kept on walking.
Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper

Hadron Dalla spent a few weeks at his residence, briefing herself on local conditions.
Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper
The Lady Dallona of Hadron is a scientist of integrity, incapable of falsifying her experimental work.
Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper
Hadron Dalla wore the same costume Verkan Vall had seen on the visiplate: he recognized her instantly.
Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper
There she assumed an identity as the daughter of a planter, and took the name of Dallona of Hadron.
Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for hadron

hadron

/ (ˈhædrɒn) /

noun

any elementary particle capable of taking part in a strong nuclear interaction and therefore excluding leptons and photons

Derived forms of hadron

hadronic, adjective

Word Origin for hadron

C20: from Greek hadros heavy, from hadēn enough + -on

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Scientific definitions for hadron

hadron

[ hăd′rŏn′ ]

Any of a class of subatomic particles composed of a combination of two or more quarks or antiquarks. Quarks (and antiquarks) of different colors are held together in hadrons by the strong nuclear force. Hadrons include both baryons (composed of three quarks or three antiquarks) and mesons (composed of a quark and an antiquark). The combination of quark colors in a hadron must be neutral, for example, red and antired (as in a pion) or red, blue, and green (as in a proton). Compare baryon lepton.