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Yukawa (iou) and foretaste(1) (iou)


Yukawa (iou)



Yukawa noun. M20.
[Hideki Yukawa (1907-1981), Japanese physicist.]
Nuclear Physics. Used attrib. with ref. to a theory put forward by Yukawa, according to which the strong interaction between nucleons is mediated by the exchange of particles subsequently identified with pions.
Yukawa potential a potential function of the form V = V0(r/r0)1exp(r/r0), occurring in Yukawa's theory of the nuclear force.

foretaste(1) (iou)



foretaste noun. LME.
[from FORE- + TASTE noun1.]
A taste beforehand, a partial enjoyment or suffering (of) in advance; an anticipation.
Review of English Studies This volume..can offer only a foretaste of the riches that are promised when the whole project is complete.