pi-mesicadj.
/ˌpʌɪˈmiːzɪk/, /ˌpʌɪˈmɛzɪk/, U.S. /ˌpaɪˈmɛzɪk/, /ˌpaɪˈmɛsɪk/; ; see also mesic adj.2 Particle Physics.
= pionic adj.
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1952 Physical Rev. 88 134/1 We have found direct evidence for π-mesic atom formation with the nuclei of carbon, oxygen, and beryllium.
1984 Progr. Theoret. Physics 72 106 The dominant decay mode of the Λ particle is the pi-mesic decay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1952- to lace into
- to lack
- to lackey it
- to lade up
- to lake
- to lam into one
- to lam it into one
- to lam out
- to lamb down
- to lame-duck it
- to lameduck it
- to lance the boil
- to land
- to land on deaf ears
- to land on one's feet
- to land the net
- to land up
- to land with one's arse in the butter
- to land with one's ass in the butter
- to land with one's bum in the butter
- to land with one's etc in the butter
- to land with one's nose in the butter
- to landward
- to lane off
- to lap in lead