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パイ中間子 (paichuukanshi) Japanese meaning: pi meson | Kotomora

パイ中ちゅう間かん子し

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Meanings

1

pi meson; pion

Technical term in particle physics; refers to the lightest meson, composed of a quark and an antiquark.

パイ中ちゅう間かん子しは強つよい相そう互ご作さ用ようを

媒ばい

介かい

する

粒りゅう

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の

一ひと

つ

です

。

The pi meson is one of the particles that mediate the strong interaction.

Kanji

中in, inside, middle
間interval, space
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

中ちゅう間かん子し
Meson in general; パイ中間子 is a specific type of meson.

Built from

パイ+中ちゅう間かん子し

Written forms

パイ中ちゅう間かん子し
Standard Japanese term for pi meson/pion.
π中間子ぱいちゅうかんし
Uses the Greek letter π; common in physics contexts.

Etymology

From English 'pi meson' or 'pion', with 中間子 (meson) as the Japanese translation of 'meson'.