The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MESONS , but the solution may also be MUONS which is one of the most recent solution (1987 in New York Times).
Nuclear particles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MESONS | 33 % | 6 |
| MUONS | 33 % | 5 |
| MESOTRONS | 33 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nuclear particles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nuclear physics
- nuclear fission
- nuclear reaction
- nuclear weapon
- nuclear fuel
- nucleons
- nuclear energy
- nuclear power
- atomic energy
- nanoparticles
- neutrons
- nuclear reactor
Crossword Answer definitions
MESONS noun- (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
- A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
- (now specifically) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MESONS
- Interacting particles
- Subatomic particles
- They're made of quarks and antiquarks
- Particles in physics
- J/psi particles, e.g.
- Nuclear particles.
- Electronic particles
- Pions and muons
- Some subatomic particles
- Quark/antiquark particles
More clues leading to the result MUONS
- Electrons' heavier cousins
- Unstable subatomic particles
- Forms of leptons
- Elementary lepton particles
- Unstable particles
- Elementary particles
- Unstable leptons
- Subatomic particles
- Nuclear particles
- Atomic particles