hadron: Meaning and Definition of

had•ron

Pronunciation: (had'ron), [key]

— n. Physics.

any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons. Cf. quark.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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