Meanings
nounYukawa interaction (plural Yukawa interactions)
plural Yukawa interactions
- natural sciencesA kind of interaction between a scalar field and a Dirac field, used to describe the nuclear force between nucleons mediated by pions.
Origin
Named after Hideki Yukawa.
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APA
Yukawa interaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yukawa%20interaction
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“Yukawa interaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yukawa%20interaction. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yukawa interaction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yukawa%20interaction.
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