Definition of Heavy particle

1. Noun. Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.

Exact synonyms: Baryon
Generic synonyms: Fermion, Hadron
Specialized synonyms: Hyperon, Nucleon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heavy Particle

heavy goods vehicles
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy industry
heavy ion
heavy ions
heavy legs
heavy lifting
heavy liquid petrolatum
heavy metal
heavy metal neuropathy
heavy metal umlaut
heavy metal umlauts
heavy nitrogen
heavy oxygen
heavy particle (current term)
heavy roller
heavy rollers
heavy sink
heavy spar
heavy swell
heavy tail
heavy tails
heavy water
heavy weapon
heavy whipping cream
heavyhanded
heavyhearted
heavyheartedly
heavyheartedness

Literary usage of Heavy particle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Dynamics of a Particle by Edward John Routh (1898)
"Motion of a heavy particle on a surface of revolution. 550. To find the motion of a heavy particle on a surface of revolution the axis of which is vertical. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"The problem of the apparent path of a heavy particle as affected by the diurnal rotation of the earth, of course comes within the grasp of the general ..."

3. A Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus: Containing Differential and Integral by Bartholomew Price (1889)
"Although the following is a particular case of the general problem of projection of a heavy particle as treated in the preceding Articles and has been ..."

4. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1889)
"(Professor HUDSON, MA)—A heavy particle is projected upwards from the vertex, within a smooth parabola whose ..."

5. Theoretical Mechanics by Percey Franklyn Smith, William Raymond Longley (1910)
"A heavy particle slides from rest down a smooth curve. ... A heavy particle falls down an inclined plane whose inclination to the horizon is «. ..."

6. Mathematical Problems on the First and Second Divisions of the Schedule of by Joseph Wolstenholme (1878)
"A heavy particle falls down a smooth curve in a vertical plane of such a form that ... A heavy particle is projected so as to move on a smooth parabolic arc ..."

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