Meaning Of The Word Baryon

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What's The Definition Of Baryon?

baryon in American English
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
noun: a proton, neutron, or any elementary particle that decays into a set of particles that includes a proton

baryon in British English
noun: 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 syste

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