axion

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(aksē on′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ax•i•on  (aksē on′),USA pronunciation n. [Physics.]
  1. a hypothetical particle having no charge, zero spin, and small mass: postulated in some forms of quantum chromodynamics.
  • perh. axi(al current) + -on1 1978

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