Definition of "nucleons" []

• Plural form of nucleon. (noun)

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• "These investigations were extended by Wigner to the atomic nuclei at the end of the 1930's and he explored then also the newly discovered symmetry property of the force between two nucleons to be the same whether either of the nucleons is a proton or a neutron."
• "Expressed very simply, it can be said that as a result of their motion, certain nucleons expose the "walls" of the nucleus to such high centrifugal pressure that it becomes deformed."
• "Expressed very simply, it can be said that as a result of their rotation certain nucleons expose the "walls" of the nucleus to such high centrifugal pressure that it becomes deformed,"