Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

electroweak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: elec-troweak
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.

Example Sentences

"In the next section we ignore these intermediate energy scales and the intermediate unification steps and concentrate on the main problem of the Grand Unification schemes of electroweak and strong unification: What is the probable Grand Unification mass, M, beyond which the three forces, electromagnetism, weak and strong, may manifest themselves with the same effective strength?"

Etymology

From electro- + weak. Coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and used informally as early as 1978, and by him in print and his Nobel Prize lecture in 1979.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: electro

Derived Forms

electroweakino

Phrases

electroweak interaction

Frequently Paired Words

electrostrong

Questions

What does electroweak mean?: Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
Where does electroweak come from?: From electro- + weak. Coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and used informally as early as 1978, and by him in print and his Nobel Prize lecture in 1979.

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