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w-boson

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
w--bo-son
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1

Etymology

Coined by Chinese physicists Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen-Ning in 1960; the W is believed to stand for weak.

Inflected Forms

W-bosons (plural) W boson (alternative)

Derived Forms

wino

Questions

What does w-boson mean?
a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1
Where does w-boson come from?
Coined by Chinese physicists Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen-Ning in 1960; the W is believed to stand for weak.

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