-plet
(plɛt)
the ending of triplet, multiplet, etc., used with a prefixed numeral to denote a multiplet having the specified number of members.
| 1973 L. J. Tassie Physics Elementary Particles xiii. 173 Taking the neutron and proton as members of the SU(6) 56-plet yields the ratio of their magnetic moments as..-3/2 which is close to the experimental value of-1·46. 1975 Physics Bull. Apr. 180/3 The octet of mesons is now part of a 15plet which groups together one octet and one singlet with no charm, and two triplets with charm 1 and-1, respectively. |