English Explanatory Dictionary

W-boson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

W-boson W-bosons W boson

Etymology

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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