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axion
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ax·i·on  (ks-n)
n.
A hypothetical boson having no charge or spin and small mass, proposed to explain the existence of certain symmetries of the strong nuclear force.



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Caine Gayle untied his Axions for a new gig over at the bio-tech Genetics/Airwalk camp, where sorted Raelians and star child Eve were both anxiously awaiting his arrival.
Most are as exotic as the names their inventors have given them: massive compact halo objects (MACHOs), weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), axions, neutralinos, and wimpzillas.
The rest of dark matter probably consists of exotic particles with strange sounding names like axions, wimps and neutrinos.
 
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