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noun
- (particles) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
- K0: strange quark + down antiquark
- K0
- (antiparticle of K0): down quark + strange antiquark
- K+: strange quark + up antiquark
- K- (antiparticle of K+): up quark + strange antiquark
Translations: - Italian: kaone
(trans-mid)
Etymology: From contracted pronunciation of K-meson
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