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Boson vs Bogon - What's the difference?

boson | bogon |

As nouns the difference between boson and bogon

is that boson is boson while bogon is (slang) the imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.

boson

English

(wikipedia boson)

Etymology 1

From (w) (Indian physicist) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys . They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.
    • Derived terms
    * Higgs boson

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A boatswain.

    • Anagrams

    * English eponyms ----

    bogon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
  • * 1996 , "John Novak", Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All'' (on newsgroup ''rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan )
    • Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen.
  • (Internet, slang) An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "bogon")

    Derived terms

    * bogon filter

    See also

    * bogosity * cluon

    Anagrams

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