kaon

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪˌɑn/

kaon (plural kaons)

1. (physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
   • K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark
   • K^0* (antiparticle of K⁰): down quark + strange antiquark
   • K⁺: strange quark + up antiquark
   • K^- (antiparticle of K⁺): up quark + strange antiquark

• Kano, NKAO, kano, koan, kōan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

• Hyphenation: ka‧on

kaon

1. to eat; to dine
2. to feed; to give (someone or something) food to eat
3. (of a cassette player, etc.) to eat tape

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:kaon.

• kan-anan
• kinan-an
• kinaon
• makaon
• pagkaon

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• Hyphenation: ka‧on

kaon n (plural kaonen)

1. (physics) kaon

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɔ̃/

kaon m (plural kaons)

1. (physics) kaon

• “kaon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• koan

kaon

1. eat

   Kaon ta!

   Let's eat!

kaon

1. Rōmaji transcription of かおん

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɔn/

kaon m inan

1. (physics) kaon

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kaon m (plural kaonn)

1. pip, seed