muonic

Variant of muon

muon definition

muon (myo̵̅o̅′än′)

noun

Particle Physics an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of 105.7 MeV, c. 207 times that of an electron, and a mean lifetime of 2.2×10 second: it decays into an electron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino

Etymology: mu + (mes)on

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