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Noun: heavy particle  'he-vee'paa(r)-ti-kul
  1. Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
    - baryon

Derived forms: heavy particles

Type of: fermion, hadron