boson

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbəʊ.zɒn/(UK)
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/ˈbəʊ.zɒn/(UK) · /ˈboʊ.zɑn/(US)

Definition of boson

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (particle)A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.
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noun

  1. (particle)A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.
  2. (obsolete)A boatswain.
    “Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?”

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Etymology

From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory.

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