https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muon
>Thus Anderson initially called the new particle a mesotron, adopting the prefix meso- from the Greek word for "mid-".
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nostr:npub19evw3m5663gjcg4cnaehfx42uxlq49kj6mxj06an30hz3e5navwq4zs343 nostr:npub1sl8kylr2n9gpnfdg5k5jv9dwda5xm9chuyt73gz4mcl88q5fa0tser5emg i mean, it was initially called mu meson, because it was thought to be.. well.. a meson. Later it turned out it wasn't.