boson
See also: Boson, bóson, and bosón
English
Etymology 1
Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974) + -on; coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled "Developments in Atomic Theory".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.zɒn/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
boson (plural bosons)
- (physics) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.
Derived terms
- antiboson
- bosonic
- bosonize
- boson star
- coboson
- diboson
- gauge boson
- Goldstone boson
- Higgs boson
- multiboson
- paraboson
- quasiboson
- scalar boson
- vector boson
- W-boson
- X boson
- Z-boson
Translations
particle
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Etymology 2
Contraction of boatswain.
Noun
boson (plural bosons)
- (obsolete) A boatswain.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 1:
- Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?
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Anagrams
- Bonos, Bosno-, NOBOs, boons, noobs
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English boson.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboː.sɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧son
Noun
boson n (plural bosonen, diminutive bosonnetje n)
- (physics) boson
Derived terms
- Higgsboson
- ijkboson
- W-boson
- Z-boson
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo.zɔ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
boson m (plural bosons)
- (physics) boson
Derived terms
- boson de Higgs
Further reading
- “boson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
Romanization
boson
- Rōmaji transcription of ボソン
Maranao
Noun
boson
- post office
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Northern Sami
Etymology
From bossut + -n.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈposon/
Noun
boson
- fan (electrical device)
Inflection
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Nominative | boson | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | bosona | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | boson | bosonat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | bosona | bosoniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | bosona | bosoniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | bosonii | bosoniidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | bosonis | bosoniin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | bosoniin | bosoniiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | bosonin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
boson n (definite singular bosonet, indefinite plural bosoner, definite plural bosona or bosonene)
- (physics) boson
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
boson n (definite singular bosonet, indefinite plural boson, definite plural bosona)
- (physics) boson
Swedish
Noun
boson c
- (physics) boson
Declension
Declension of boson | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | boson | bosonen | bosoner | bosonerna |
Genitive | bosons | bosonens | bosoners | bosonernas |