ALL meanings of baryon
bar·y·on
B b - noun baryon any of a class of elementary particles that have a mass greater than or equal to that of the proton, participate in strong interactions, and have a spin of 1⁄2. Baryons are either nucleons or hyperons. The baryon number is the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons 3
- noun baryon a subatomic particle that is both a hadron and a fermion, as a nucleon or hyperon: the proton is the baryon with the smallest mass 3
- noun baryon physics: type of particle 1
- noun baryon a proton, neutron, or any elementary particle that decays into a set of particles that includes a proton. 1
- noun baryon A subatomic particle, such as a nucleon or hyperon, that has a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton. 1
- noun baryon (physics) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus. 0