NEGATIVE MUON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

Synonyms:

mu-meson; muon; negative muon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("negative muon" is a kind of...):

lepton (an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0)

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