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Noun: Yukawa
  1. 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)
    - Hideki Yukawa

Type of: nuclear physicist

Encyclopedia: Yukawa, Hideki

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