spurion
/ˈspjʊərɪɒn/ /ˈspjɔːrɪɒn/Particle Physics
noun
A fictitious subatomic particle introduced to facilitate calculations.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Nuclear Physics. From spuri- + -on.
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