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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
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