muão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• múon (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from English muon.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈɐ̃w̃/ [mʊˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmwɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmwɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmwɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: mu‧ão

Noun

muão m (plural muões) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (physics) muon (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)

   Synonym: mu

Derived terms

• muónico