Meanings
nounbaryon number (plural baryon numbers)
plural baryon numbers
- natural sciencesA quantum number related to the difference between the numbers of quarks and antiquarks in a system of subatomic particles
Translations
Italian numero barionico
- numero barionicoquantum number
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