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中間子 (ちゅうかんし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

中ちゅう間かん子し

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Meanings

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Physics term for a subatomic particle composed of a quark and an antiquark.

中ちゅう間かん子しはクォークと反はんクォーク

から

なる

素そ

粒りゅう

子し

です

。

A meson is an elementary particle made of a quark and an antiquark.

Kanji

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

Related words

素そ粒りゅう子し
素粒子 is a broader term for elementary particles, while 中間子 specifically refers to mesons.

Word family

パイ中ちゅう間かん子し
pi meson; pion

Built from

中ちゅう間かん+子し

Etymology

From 中間 (middle) + 子 (particle), a calque of English 'meson', which derives from Greek 'mesos' (middle) because its mass is between that of an electron and a proton.