Meanings
nounpion (plural pions)
plural pions
- particlenatural sciencesAny of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.
Synonyms: pi meson
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision
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pi-meson
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Origin
From pi + -on, as alteration of pi-meson.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Brazilian Portuguese píon
- píonparticle
Catalan pió
- pióparticle
Chinese Mandarin π介子
- π介子 (pàijièzǐ)particle
Czech pion
- pionparticle
Dutch pion
- pionparticle
European Portuguese pião
- piãoparticle
Finnish pioni
- pioniparticle
French pion
- pionparticle
German Pion
- Pionparticle
Italian pione
- pioneparticle
Japanese パイ粒子
- パイ粒子 (pai ryūshi)particle
Polish pion
- pionparticle
Russian пио́н
- пио́н (pión)particle
Swedish pion, pimeson
- pionparticle
- pimesonparticle
Tagalog pay tungapik
- pay tungapikparticle
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pion
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Cite this entry
APA
pion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pion
MLA
“pion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pion.
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