Axion vs Axin - What's the difference?

axion | axin |


As nouns the difference between axion and axin

is that axion is a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to explain some symmetry problems arising in the strong nuclear force while axin is a fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Coccus axinus, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.

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axion

English

Noun

(wikipedia axion) (en noun)
  • (physics) a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to explain some symmetry problems arising in the strong nuclear force.
  • * 2000 Beam Line (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
    • The axion is a candidate particle for the cold dark matter that constitutes a large fraction of the mass of the Universe.

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    axin

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    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biochemistry) A large docking protein that in humans is encoded by the AXIN1 gene, and that binds APC, GSK-3?, casein kinase I?, and ?-catenin.