Meanings
kaon1
nounkaon (plural kaons)
plural kaons
- particlenatural sciencesany of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
K⁺: strange quark + up antiquark
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K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark
K (antiparticle of K⁰): down quark + strange antiquark
K⁻ (antiparticle of K⁺): up quark + strange antiquark
KAON2
noun
- abbreviationacronymAcronym of Karlsruhe ontology.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
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Origin
From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan kaó
- kaóK-meson
Dutch kaon
- kaonK-meson
Finnish kaoni
- kaoniK-meson
French kaon
- kaonK-meson
German Kaon
- KaonK-meson
Italian kaone
- kaoneK-meson
Polish kaon
- kaonK-meson
Portuguese káon
- káonK-meson
Russian као́н
- као́н (kaón)K-meson
Swedish kaon, K-meson
- kaonK-meson
- K-mesonK-meson
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APA
kaon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaon
MLA
“kaon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kaon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kaon.
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