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muonium

[ myoo-oh-nee-uhm ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. an electron and a positively charged muon bound together by electrical attraction in the same manner as the electron and proton in a hydrogen atom.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of muonium1

1955–60; mu(on) + -onium, probably extracted from positronium

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