mu-meson

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   an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

   Synonymsmuonnegative muon

   Broaderlepton

Questions about mu-meson

What does mu-meson mean?

mu-meson means "an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino".

How many syllables are in mu-meson?

mu-meson has 3 syllables: mu--me-son. The stress falls on "mu-".

What is another word for mu-meson?

Close synonyms include muon, negative muon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mu-meson a common word?

mu-meson is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.