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Definition of Mesons
1. meson [n] - See also: meson
Medical Definition of Mesons
1. Short-lived elementary particles found in cosmic radiation or produced from nuclear disintegration. Their mass is between that of protons and electrons and they can be negative, positive, or neutral. Pi-mesons (pions) are heavier than mu-mesons (muons) and are proposed for cancer radiotherapy because their capture and disintegration by matter produces powerful, but short-lived, secondary radiation. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesons
Literary usage of Mesons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The solid curves represent an eight-parameter model (UG-I) in which we used the
тг, rj, <a, and p mesons along with two very heavy scalar mesons, ..."
2. Los Gringos: Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in by Henry Augustus Wise (1849)
"Knife Duel—Mexican mesons, and the Society therein.—Illumination and Supper.—We
take Coach and reach Guanajuato.—The English Miut and Machinery. — Gaming. ..."
3. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"In the Standard Model, mesons are composite (non-elementary) particles composed
of an even number of quarks and antiquarks. Until the discovery of the ..."
4. Electric Waves: Being Researches on the Propagation of Electric Action with ...by Heinrich Hertz, Daniel Evan Jones by Heinrich Hertz, Daniel Evan Jones (1893)
"Phenomena involving mesons as virtual transitions are avoided, ... Includes production
and study of „• mesons at nonrelativistic nucleon energies, ..."
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