MUON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muon mean? 

• MUON (noun)
  The noun MUON has 1 sense:

1. an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

  Familiarity information: MUON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

mu-meson; muon; negative muon

Hypernyms ("muon" is a kind of...):

lepton (an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0)

 Context examples 

Instead, they measure flashes of blue light, known as Cherenkov radiation, produced by muons and other fast-moving charged particles created when neutrinos interact with the ice.

(Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks, National Science Foundation)