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Higgs en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɪɡz/

Etymology

From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) pertaining to the Higgs mechanism/Higgs force

Forms

Deriveds

Higgs force · Higgs field · Anderson-Higgs mechanism · Higgsless · Higgs boson · Higgs mechanism · Higgs bison · Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism · Higgs factory · Higgsian · Higgs particle · Higgsino

Synonyms

Higgsian

Higgs en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɪɡz/

Etymology

From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Higgs boson, named for Peter Higgs.
   alt of Higgs boson
   alt of named for Peter Higgs
   • The Higgs is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass. 2012 July 2, Paul Rincon, “US sees stronger hints of Higgs”, in bbc.co.uk, retrieved 02 Jul 2012:

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Higgs en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɪɡz/

Etymology

From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Meanings

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms

Synonyms

Hicks · Hickson · Hick

Higgs en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɪɡz/

Etymology

From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Meanings

1. to make subject to the Higgs mechanism
   • When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to #92;mathbbZ#95;n. 2015 February 26, Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin, Nathan Seiberg, Brian Willett, “Generalized global symmetries”, in SpringerLink^(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)172):

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