hybrid meson

noun

A meson composed of quarks, antiquarks, and nonvirtual gluons (instead of the usual quark-antiquark pair bound by virtual gluons).

Meanings

nounhybrid meson (plural hybrid mesons)

plural hybrid mesons

  1. natural sciencesA meson composed of quarks, antiquarks, and nonvirtual gluons (instead of the usual quark-antiquark pair bound by virtual gluons).
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