muon
Meaning
An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
Synonyms
negative muon
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muone
Myon
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muó
múon
muon
myon
μιόνιοPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmjuːɒn/
Etymology
Contraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepton. Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1951 in his book Elementary Particles.
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