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boson (n.)[boson 词源字典]: class of subatomic particles, named for Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) + subatomic particle suffix -on.[boson etymology, boson origin, 英语词源]
interferon (n.): 1957, coined in English, so called because it "interferes" with the reduplication of viruses. From interfere + subatomic particle suffix -on.
meson (n.): subatomic particle, 1939, from Greek mesos "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + subatomic particle suffix -on. Earlier mesotron (1938). So called for being intermediate in mass between protons and electrons.
-on: subatomic particle suffix, from ion.
sub-atomic (adj.): also subatomic, 1874, from sub-atom (1868, from sub- + atom) + -ic.
-tron: word-forming element in compounds coined in physics, "having to do with electrons or subatomic particles," 1939, abstracted unetymologically from electron (Greek -tron was an instrumentive suffix).
microworld: "The world viewed on a microscopic or subatomic scale; a small-scale theoretical or physical model of the world or of some aspect of it; a microcosm; ( Computing ) a simulated or virtual reality environment", 1920s; earliest use found in Science. From micro- + world.
hyperon: "An unstable subatomic particle classified as a baryon, heavier than the neutron and proton", 1950s: from hyper- 'beyond, over' + -on.