boson

B3O1S1O1N1
UK/ˈbəʊ.zɒn/US/ˈboʊ.zɑn/

noun

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.

Less commonScrabble 7
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

boson1

nounboson (plural bosons)

plural bosons

  1. particlenatural sciencesA 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.

boson2

nounboson (plural bosons)

plural bosons

  1. obsoleteA boatswain.

    Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?

    1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
gauge bosonHiggs bosonphoton
Narrower
gauge bosonHiggs bosonphoton

Origin

boson · noun

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.

Full word history & related roots →

boson · noun

Clipping of boatswain.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic بُوزُون
  • بُوزُون (bōzōn)particle
Basque bosoi
  • bosoiparticle
Bengali বোসন
  • বোসন (bōśon)particle
Brazilian Portuguese bóson
  • bósonparticle
Catalan bosó
  • bosóparticle
Chinese Mandarin 玻色子
  • 玻色子 (bōsèzi)particle
Dutch boson
  • bosonparticle
European Portuguese bosão
  • bosãoparticle
Finnish bosoni
  • bosoniparticle
French boson
  • bosonparticle
German Boson
  • Bosonparticle
Greek μποζόνιο
  • μποζόνιο (bozónio)particle
Hindi बोसाणु
  • बोसाणु (bosāṇu)particle
Hungarian bozon
  • bozonparticle
Icelandic bóseind
  • bóseindparticle
Italian bosone
  • bosoneparticle
Japanese ボース粒子, ボソン
  • ボース粒子 (Bōsu-ryūshi)particle
  • ボソン (boson)particle
Korean 보손
  • 보손 (boson)particle
Persian بوزون
  • بوزون (bozon)particle
Polish bozon
  • bozonparticle
Russian бозо́н
  • бозо́н (bozón)particle
Slovak bozón
  • bozónparticle
Spanish bosón
  • bosónparticle
Swedish boson
  • bosonparticle
Tamil முழுச்சுழலி
  • முழுச்சுழலி (muḻuccuḻali)particle
Turkish bozon
  • bozonparticle

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Sobon
Cite this entry
APA

boson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boson

MLA

“boson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boson. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boson,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boson.

Source: boson on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.