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hyperon
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hy·per·on  (hp-rn)
n.
A semistable or unstable baryon with mass greater than the neutron. See Table at subatomic particle.
hyperon  (hp-rn)
Any of various baryons, other than the proton and neutron, that do not decay via the strong force. The lambda particle is an example of a hyperon. Hyperons are unstable or semistable, heavier than protons and neutrons, and have nonzero strangeness.
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Noun1.hyperon - any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
baryon, heavy particle - any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
lambda hyperon, lambda particle - an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1
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