adjective
- relating to or consisting of baryons, which are subatomic particles including protons and neutrons
Usage: physics
Examples
- Baryonic matter makes up only about 5% of the universe’s total mass-energy.
- Scientists study the distribution of baryonic and dark matter in galaxies.
- The baryonic acoustic oscillations provide evidence for the Big Bang theory.
- Neutron stars are extremely dense objects composed of baryonic matter.
- Researchers measured the baryonic density of the galaxy cluster.
- The simulation modeled both baryonic and non-baryonic components of cosmic structure.