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elementary particle en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
   • The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier. 2012 March 14, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:

Forms

Holonyms

atom

Hypernyms

subatomic particle

Hyponyms

gauge boson · quark · lepton

Relateds

:Category:Elementary particles

Synonyms

fundamental particle · elementary particle

Translations (23)

hu elemi részecske (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · no elementærpartikkel (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · cs elementární částice (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · hi मूलकण (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · uk елемента́рна части́нка (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · cy gronyn elfennol (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · ru э̀лемента́рная части́ца (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · pl cząstka elementarna (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · ja 素粒子 (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · it particella elementare (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · ro particulă elementară (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · bg елемента́рна части́ца (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · bn মৌলিক কণা (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · de Elementarteilchen (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · es partícula elemental (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · pt partícula elementar (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · fr particule élémentaire (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · ar جُسَيْم أَوَّلِيّ (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · hy տարրական մասնիկ (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · et algosake (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · fi alkeishiukkanen (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · cmn 基本粒子 (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) · ja 基本粒子 (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles)