The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MESON , but the solution may also be PION which is one of the most recent solution (1984 in New York Times).
Unstable nuclear particle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MESON | 67 % | 5 |
| PION | 33 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unstable nuclear particle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- meson
- muon
- neutron
- proton
- resonance
- kaon
- hyperon
- k-meson
- k particle
- kappa-meson
- lambda
- omega minus
Crossword Answer definitions
MESON 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
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More clues leading to the result MESON
- Quark-antiquark combo
- Subatomic particle
- Elementary particle
- Quark + antiquark
- Type of fundamental particle
- Quantum physics particle
- Particle physics particle
- Physics class topic
- Atomic particle
- Particle in a quark model