muon (redirected from Muons)

mu·on  (myn)

n.

An elementary particle in the lepton family (not a meson), having a mass 209 times that of the electron, a negative electric charge, and a mean lifetime of 2.2 × 10^-6 seconds. Also called mu meson. See Table at subatomic particle.

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[Short for mu meson.]

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mu·onic adj.

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muon [ˈmjuːɒn]

n

(Physics / General Physics) a positive or negative elementary particle with a mass 207 times that of an electron and spin ½. It was originally called the mu meson but is now classified as a lepton

[short for mu meson]

muonic  [mjuːˈɒnɪk] adj

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muon  (myn)

An elementary particle in the lepton family having a mass 209 times that of the electron, a negative electric charge, and a mean lifetime of 2.2 × 10^-6 seconds. The muon was originally called the mu-meson and was once thought to be a meson. See Table at subatomic particle.

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Noun

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muon - an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino mu-meson, negative muon lepton - an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0