hadron
noun
had·ron ˈha-ˌdrän 
: any of the subatomic particles (such as protons and neutrons) that are made up of quarks and are subject to the strong force
hadronic
ha-ˈdrä-nik
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And a linear collider can't be repurposed into a high-energy hadron collider afterward. 
John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 June 2020 But the argument had a flaw: While some hadrons do consist of pairs of quarks and anti-quarks and plausibly resemble strings, protons and neutrons contain three quarks apiece, invoking the ugly and uncertain picture of a string with three ends. Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2015 Then there are dozens of particles made up of those elementary particles, including hadrons, which are constructed of quarks and gluons, and mesons, made of a quark and anti-quark. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018 Physicists wanted to know what these hadrons — particularly the buildings blocks of the atom's nucleus, the proton and neutron — were made of. Amina Khan, latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018 Among these were composite particles called hadrons. Dylan Loeb Mcclain, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018 Quarks are tiny particles that are the building blocks of larger particles like protons, neutrons, and omega baryons, collectively called hadrons. Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2017 Hadrons are a class of subatomic particles that includes protons and neutrons. Richard Martin, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2004 So do electrons and particles called hadrons, but their showers differ subtly from those of photons. Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 5 July 2017 See More
John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 June 2020 But the argument had a flaw: While some hadrons do consist of pairs of quarks and anti-quarks and plausibly resemble strings, protons and neutrons contain three quarks apiece, invoking the ugly and uncertain picture of a string with three ends. Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2015 Then there are dozens of particles made up of those elementary particles, including hadrons, which are constructed of quarks and gluons, and mesons, made of a quark and anti-quark. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018 Physicists wanted to know what these hadrons — particularly the buildings blocks of the atom's nucleus, the proton and neutron — were made of. Amina Khan, latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018 Among these were composite particles called hadrons. Dylan Loeb Mcclain, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018 Quarks are tiny particles that are the building blocks of larger particles like protons, neutrons, and omega baryons, collectively called hadrons. Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2017 Hadrons are a class of subatomic particles that includes protons and neutrons. Richard Martin, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2004 So do electrons and particles called hadrons, but their showers differ subtly from those of photons. Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 5 July 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary hadr- thick, heavy (from Greek hadros thick) + -on entry 2
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above