axion

== English == === Etymology === Coined by American physicist Frank Wilczek in 1978 after Axion, a brand of laundry detergent, for its -on suffix and the notion that the new particle could "clean up" a problem in physics. Also with relation to the axial current. === Noun === axion (plural axions) (physics) A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. 2000 Summer/Fall, John Clarke, Superconductivity: A Macroscopic Quantum Phenomenon, Rene Donaldson, Bill Kirk (editors), Beam Line, Volume 30, Number 2, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, page 47, The axion is a candidate particle for the cold dark matter that constitutes a large fraction of the mass of the Universe. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === anxio-, axino == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English axion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ak.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: action === Noun === axion m (plural axions) axion === Further reading === “axion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄξιον (áxion). Compare with Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axle”) and Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa, “axle, axis, balance beam”). === Noun === axion n (plural axioane) an Orthodox hymn ==== Declension ==== === References === axion in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN