Particle Physics a quantum number used to distinguish the various states of electrical charge of a subatomic particle
isospin
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isospin
noun
Abbr. IA quantum number related to the number of charge states of a baryon or meson.
Origin of isospin
iso(topic) spinTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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A vector quantity of quantum systems (especially subatomic particles) that is conserved in strong interactions and is used to characterize particles that are affected equally by the strong force but have other dissimilar properties, such as different electric charges. For example, protons and neutrons, which are indistinguishable with respect to strong force interactions, have the same isospin. Also called isotopic spin
See also baryon number
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Origin
iso- + spin
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