hy·per·charge (h  p r-chärj )n. Symbol Y A quantum number equal to twice the average electric charge of a particle multiplet or, equivalently, to the sum of the strangeness and the baryon number. |
hypercharge [ˈhaɪpəˌtʃɑːdʒ]
n
(Physics / General Physics) a property of baryons that is used to account for the absence of certain strong interaction decays
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