ALL meanings of meson
me·son
M m - noun meson A subatomic particle that is intermediate in mass between an electron and a proton and transmits the strong interaction that binds nucleons together in the atomic nucleus. 1
- noun meson Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law. 1
- noun meson physics: type of particle 1
- noun meson any of a group of elementary particles, such as a pion or kaon, that usually has a rest mass between those of an electron and a proton, and an integral spin. They are responsible for the force between nucleons in the atomic nucleus 0
- noun meson any of a group of subatomic particles that are both hadrons and bosons, including the pion and kaon 0