hideki yukawa

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Noun hideki yukawa has 1 sense

Yukawa, Hideki Yukawa - Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)
--₁ is a kind of nuclear physicist

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Hideki Yukawa

Description:

Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949. He is known for his contribution to the field of quantum mechanics and for proposing the existence of mesons, which are subatomic particles that facilitate the strong nuclear force.

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1. Noun (Person)

A Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, Hideki Yukawa contributed significantly to the field of quantum mechanics.

Example sentence: Hideki Yukawa's research on mesons revolutionized our understanding of the strong nuclear force.

2. Noun (Particle Physics)

A subatomic particle proposed by Hideki Yukawa that mediates the strong nuclear force.

Example sentence: Yukawa's theory predicted the existence of the meson, which was later confirmed through experimental observations.

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