boson

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bos=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

boson, n. [From S. N. Bose, an Indian physicist.].

 A fundamental particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistical rules, but not the Pauli exclusion principle; the spin value of a boson is always an integer. Examples of bosons are alpha particles, photons, and those nuclei which have an even mass number.  [PJC]

boson, n. 

 See Boatswain.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

boson, n. Physics any of several elementary particles obeying the relations stated by Bose and Einstein, with a zero or integral spin, e.g. photons (cf. FERMION).

Etymology

S. N. Bose, Ind. physicist d. 1974