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eightfold way — noun Etymology: from the Eightfold Way Eightfold Path; from the fact that the most common grouping contains eight interacting particles : a unified theoretical scheme for classifying the relationship among elementary particles subject to the… … Useful english dictionary
Eightfold Way — Physics. a scheme for classifying hadrons according to a symmetry principle based on strangeness and isotopic spin: a forerunner of the quark model. [1925 30; so named because hadrons with low mass and spin form groups of eight; with jocular… … Universalium
Eightfold Way — Als Eightfold Way (dt. der Achtfache Weg) wird eine Klassifikation der Hadronen nach Murray Gell Mann bezeichnet. Er wurde in den 1950er Jahren nach der Entdeckung sogenannter seltsamer Teilchen zur Einordnung dieser in das System bekannter… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Eightfold Way — Eight fold Way may refer to:* Noble Eightfold Path, Buddhist doctrine * Eightfold way (physics), particle physics theory * Eightfold Path (policy analysis) … Wikipedia
Eightfold way (physics) — In physics, the Eightfold Way is a term coined by American physicist Murray Gell Mann for a theory organizing subatomic baryons and mesons into octets (alluding to the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism). The theory was independently proposed by… … Wikipedia
eightfold way — noun Date: 1961 a unified theoretical scheme for classifying the relationship among strongly interacting elementary particles on the basis of isospin and hypercharge … New Collegiate Dictionary
Eightfold Path — Buddhism. the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation. * * * Buddhist doctrine, stated by the Buddha in his first… … Universalium
Noble Eightfold Path — Eightfold Path redirects here. For other uses, see Eightfold Path (disambiguation). The Dharma wheel, often used to represent the Noble Eightfold Path … Wikipedia
Middle way — For the book by Harold Macmillan, see The Middle Way. For the Aristotelian notion of middle state , see Golden mean (philosophy). Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Port … Wikipedia
Diamond Way Buddhism — This article is about a specific Buddhist organization. For the form of Buddhism sometimes called Diamond Way Buddhism , see Vajrayana. Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal … Wikipedia
