gluon

== English == === Etymology === From glue +‎ -on. From being a particle (suffix "-on") that "glues" (attracts) together particles that feel the force carried by the gluon. Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1962. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡluː.ɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlu.ɑn/ Rhymes: -uːɒn === Noun === gluon (plural gluons) (particle physics) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Luong, long u, lungo == Breton == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gluon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlyː.ɔ̃n/ === Noun === gluon m (collective, plural gluonennoù, singulative gluonenn) (physics) gluons == Danish == === Noun === gluon (particle physics) gluon ==== Declension ==== == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡluon/ Rhymes: -uon Syllabification: glu‧on === Noun === gluon accusative of gluo == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡly.ɔ̃/ === Noun === gluon m (plural gluons) (physics) gluon == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlu.ɔn/ Rhymes: -uɔn Syllabification: glu‧on === Noun === gluon m inan (physics) gluon ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === gluon in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === gluón (superseded) === Etymology === Borrowed from English gluon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlwon/ [ˈɡlwõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: gluon === Noun === gluon m (plural gluones) gluon ==== Hypernyms ==== bosón partícula elemental === See also === (bosons) bosón; bosón de gauge, gluon, bosón W, bosón Z, fotón, bosón de Higgs, gravitón gluon on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es === Further reading === “gluon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025