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Definition of Baryon
1. Noun. Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.
Exact synonyms: Heavy Particle
Generic synonyms: Fermion, Hadron
Specialized synonyms: Hyperon, Nucleon
Generic synonyms: Fermion, Hadron
Specialized synonyms: Hyperon, Nucleon
Definition of Baryon
1. Noun. (particles) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baryon
1. a type of subatomic particle [n -S] : BARYONIC [adj]