Hyperon

2 definitions found

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

  hyperon \hyperon\ n. (Physics)
     Any baryon that is not a nucleon; it is an unstable particle
     with a mass greater than that of a neutron.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hyperon
       n : any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with
           mass greater than a neutron