boson
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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".
Pronunciation
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 1:
- Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boson n (plural bosonen, diminutive bosonnetje n)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
boson m (plural bosons)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “boson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Japanese
Romanization
boson
Maranao
Noun
boson
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Northern Sami
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boson
- fan (electrical device)
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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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
boson n (definite singular bosonet, indefinite plural bosoner, definite plural bosona or bosonene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
boson n (definite singular bosonet, indefinite plural boson, definite plural bosona)
Swedish
Noun
boson c
Declension
| Declension of boson | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | boson | bosonen | bosoner | bosonerna |
| Genitive | bosons | bosonens | bosoners | bosonernas |