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muon mu·on

Spelling: [myoo-on]

IPA: /ˈmyu ɒn/

Muon is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in muon (mnou).

Definitions for muon

noun

1. a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.

Origin of muon

1950-55; by shortening of mu meson; see mu, -on¹

Examples for muon

That is, if the muon did not exist, what effect would this have on the structure of matter?

The behavior of the muon is well understood, but its role as one of the elementary particles is unknown.

The muon is unstable, eventually undergoing a radioactive decay into an electron.

Although the muon does not experience nuclear forces, it can interact weakly with nuclei.