meshuganon

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noun

A hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.

OriginYiddish משוגע →
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Meanings

nounmeshuganon (plural meshuganons)

plural meshuganons · alternative meshugatron

  1. particlenatural sciencesA hypothetical particle that could explain cold fusion.

Origin

  1. Yiddishמשוגע“crazy”
  2. Englishmeshuganon

From meshugge + -on, from Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”). Coined by Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in 1989 during a Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop.

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APA

meshuganon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meshuganon

MLA

“meshuganon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meshuganon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meshuganon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meshuganon.

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