muonium

English

Etymology

muon + -ium

Noun

muonium (plural muoniums)

  1. (physics, chemistry) An exotic atom formed when a positively charged muon (an anti-muon) and an electron are bound by their mutual electrical attraction; chemically equivalent to a light, short-lived isotope of hydrogen.

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