Associations to the word «Hyperon»

Wiktionary

HYPERON, noun. (physics) Any baryon with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).

Dictionary definition

HYPERON, noun. Any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley