Word: baryons
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
ry
ons
Definition: Plural of baryon; 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
Morphemes:
Affix: baryo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: baryon; 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
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βαρύς
Language: grc
Decoded: barus
Meaning: heavy
Affix: -on
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon).
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.