baryon
/ˈbæɹiɒn/IPA: /B AA0 R Y AO1 N/
noun
- 1
A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
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