boson

See also: Boson, bóson, and bosón

English

Etymology 1

Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974) +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊzɒn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊzɒn/
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Noun

boson (plural bosons)

  1. (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

Etymology 2

Contraction of boatswain.

Noun

boson (plural bosons)

  1. (obsolete) A boatswain.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

boson n (plural bosonen, diminutive bosonnetje n)

  1. (physics) boson

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bo.zɔ̃/
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Noun

boson m (plural bosons)

  1. (physics) boson

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.son/, [ˈbɔ.sõ]

Noun

boson n (genitive bosōnis); third declension

  1. (physics) boson

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative boson bosōnēs
genitive bosōnis bosōnum
dative bosōnī bosōnibus
accusative bosōnem bosōnēs
ablative bosōne bosōnibus
vocative boson bosōnēs

Northern Sami

Etymology

From bossut +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈposon/

Noun

boson

  1. fan (electrical device)

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative boson
Genitive bosona
Singular Plural
Nominative boson bosonat
Accusative bosona bosoniid
Genitive bosona bosoniid
Illative bosonii bosoniidda
Locative bosonis bosoniin
Comitative bosoniin bosoniiguin
Essive bosonin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bosonan bosoneamẹ bosoneamẹt
2nd person bosonat bosoneattẹ bosoneattẹt
3rd person bosonis bosoneaskkạ bosoneasẹt

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

boson n

  1. (physics) boson

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

boson n

  1. (physics) boson

Inflection

Swedish

Noun

boson c

  1. (physics) boson

Declension

Declension of boson 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative boson bosonen bosoner bosonerna
Genitive bosons bosonens bosoners bosonernas
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