BARYON NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baryon number mean? 

• BARYON NUMBER (noun)
  The noun BARYON NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions

  Familiarity information: BARYON NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARYON NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("baryon number" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)