kaon

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪˌɑn/

kaon (plural kaons)

1. (physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
   • K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark
   • K^0* (antiparticle of K⁰): down quark + strange antiquark
   • K⁺: strange quark + up antiquark
   • K^- (antiparticle of K⁺): up quark + strange antiquark

• Kano, Kona, NKAO, kano, koan, kōan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

kaon

1. to eat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

• Hyphenation: ka‧on
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔon/

káon

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to eat; to dine
2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to feed or give (someone or something) food to eat
3. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)

• kakan
• kain

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Compare Tagalog kain.

• Hyphenation: ka‧on
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔon/, [ˈka.ʔʊn̪]

kaon

1. to eat; to dine
   1. for a cassette player, etc. to eat tape
2. to act in an unusual way
3. to destroy by fire, erosion, etc.
4. to consume; use up
5. (games) to take a man in games of chess, checkers, etc
6. in takyan, to return the shuttlecock by kicking, or for the return kick to be caught and kicked by the opponent

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kaon

1. (physics) kaon

From K-meson.

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• Hyphenation: ka‧on

kaon n (plural kaonen)

1. (physics) kaon

kaon

1. first-person singular present indicative of kakoa

• onka

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɔ̃/

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kaon m (plural kaons)

1. (physics) kaon

• “kaon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• koan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

kaon

1. to eat; to dine

   Kaon ta!

   Let's eat!

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

kaön

1. to eat

kaon

1. Rōmaji transcription of かおん

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɔn/

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• Rhymes: -aɔn
• Syllabification: ka‧on

kaon m inan

1. (physics) kaon

• kaon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kaon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kaon c

1. (physics) kaon

• Noak, kona

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kaon m (plural kaonn)

1. pip, seed