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sterile neutrino

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
ster-ile neu-tri-no
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles by means of gravity.

Etymology

From sterile + neutrino, from being a neutrino which is sterile, being noninteractive through the four forces of the Standard Model.

Inflected Forms

sterile neutrinos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

axion WIMP wimpzilla

Synonyms

inert neutrino right-handed neutrino

Antonyms

anti-inert-neutrino anti-sterile-neutrino inert antineutrino left-handed anti-neutrino sterile antineutrino

Questions

What does sterile neutrino mean?
A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles by means of gravity.
Where does sterile neutrino come from?
From sterile + neutrino, from being a neutrino which is sterile, being noninteractive through the four forces of the Standard Model.

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