boson
English
Etymology 1
Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled "Developments in Atomic Theory".
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
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, [Act I, scene i], page 1:
- Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboː.sɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧son
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo.zɔ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “boson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Maranao
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈposon/
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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