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hypercharge
[ hahy-per-chahrj ]
noun
, Physics.
- a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
- the quantum number equal to B + S + C, where C is the charm.
hypercharge
/ ˈhaɪpəˌtʃɑːdʒ /
noun
- a property of baryons that is used to account for the absence of certain strong interaction decays
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