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baryon Definition


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baryon
noun
    1. physics.
      A heavy subatomic particle involved in strong interactions with other subatomic particles and composed of three quarks bound together by gluon. See also hadron, hyperon, nucleon.
Etymology: 1950s: from Greek barys heavy + -on.



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