Hadron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of a class of subatomic particles that are composed of quarks and take part in the strong interaction. See Table at subatomic particle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strongly interacting particle such as a proton. A particle which is affected by the strong nuclear force. A hadron is composed of quarks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
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    meson    antibaryon    antimeson    mesotron    heavy particle    baryon