KAON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kaon mean? 

• KAON (noun)
  The noun KAON has 1 sense:

1. an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

  Familiarity information: KAON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

k-meson; K particle; kaon; kappa-meson

Hypernyms ("kaon" is a kind of...):

meson; mesotron (an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0)