yang

[ yahng, yang ]

noun
  1. (in Chinese philosophy and religion) the positive, bright, and masculine principle, the counterpart of yin.

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British Dictionary definitions for Yang (1 of 2)

Yang1

/ (jæŋ) /


noun

British Dictionary definitions for Yang (2 of 2)

Yang2

/ (jæŋ) /


noun
  1. Chen Ning (ˈtʃɛn ˈnɪŋ). born 1922, US physicist, born in China: with Tsung-Dao Lee, he disproved the physical principle known as the conservation of parity and shared the Nobel prize for physics (1957)

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