fundamental particle

noun

: elementary particle

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While there are many, many models of potential dark matter candidates, many interact with regular particles through exchanges involving the Higgs boson — a fundamental particle that interacts with almost all other particles and, through those interactions, imbues those particles with mass. —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025 The disappearance of free electrons meant that photons, the fundamental particles of light, were no longer endlessly bounced around and could actually travel long distances. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025 They are made of fundamental particles, like the proton, neutron and electron. —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024 Tests Are Possible If string theory is correct, fundamental particles of nature would not be the zero-dimensional point-like objects of standard theory. —

Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fundamental particle

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1901, in the meaning defined above

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