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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of a class of subatomic particles that are composed of quarks and take part in the strong interaction. See Table at subatomic particle.

Wiktionary

  1. n. physics A strongly interacting particle such as a proton. A particle which is affected by the strong nuclear force. A hadron is composed of quarks.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Physics) any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadros, "thick"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek hadros, thick; see sā- in Indo-European roots + -on1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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