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BARYON NUMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("baryon number" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)