K PARTICLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

Synonyms:

k-meson; K particle; kaon; kappa-meson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("K particle" is a kind of...):

meson; mesotron (an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0)

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