neutronium
English
Etymology
neutron + -ium; Coined by scientist Andreas von Antropoff in 1926 (before the discovery of the neutron in 1931; neutrons had been predicted to exist in 1920).
Pronunciation
- enPR: no͞o-trōʹnē-əm
Noun
neutronium (uncountable)
- (physics) The supposed material, composed entirely of neutrons, that makes up a neutron star.
Synonyms
- neutron-degenerate matter
- neutron matter
- element 0 / element zero
Hypernyms
- degenerate matter
- neutron matter
Hyponyms
- neutron-star matter
Coordinate terms
- electron-degenerate matter
- proton-degenerate matter
- quark-degenerate matter
- preon-degenerate matter
Translations
neutron star material
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