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- (particles) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
Translations: Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) "heavy" + -on.
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