Boson

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  boson \bo"son\ (b[=o]"z[o^]n), n. [From S. N. Bose, an Indian
     physicist.] (Physics)
     A fundamental particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistical
     rules, but not the Pauli exclusion principle; the spin value
     of a boson is always an integer. Examples of bosons are alpha
     particles, photons, and those nuclei which have an even mass


     number.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  boson \bo"son\ (b[=o]"s'n), n.
     See {Boatswain}. [Obs.] [Also spelled {bosun}.] --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  boson
       n : any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the
           Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass
           number are bosons

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Boson, taking away