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Meaning of kaon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkeɪˌɑn

Definitions

  1. any 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
  2. Acronym of Karlsruhe ontology.

Equivalents

Bosanski kao kao kao
Català kaó
Deutsch Kaon
Suomi kaoni
Français kaon
Hrvatski kao kao kao
Italiano kaone
Nederlands kaon
Polski kaon
Português káon
Русский као́н
Српски kao kao kao
Svenska kaon

Examples

“K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark”
“K (antiparticle of K⁰): down quark + strange antiquark”
“K⁺: strange quark + up antiquark”
“K⁻ (antiparticle of K⁺): up quark + strange antiquark”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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