English
hypernucleushypernucleus
From hyper- + nucleus.
A compound of hyper- + nucleus
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Italic *knuks ‘nut’
Latin nux ‘nut’
Latin nucleus ‘kernel, core’
English nucleus
Today it means
noun a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon
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