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Definition of Fundamental particle
1. Noun. (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter.
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Specialized synonyms: Antilepton, Antiparticle, Antiquark, Hadron, Lepton, Quark, Strange Particle, Cosmic String, String, Weakly Interacting Massive Particle, Wimp
Generic synonyms: Particle, Subatomic Particle
Group relationships: Atom
Definition of Fundamental particle
1. Noun. (physics) any of the subatomic particles that does not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fundamental Particle
Literary usage of Fundamental particle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"... group themselves into fundamental particle« having geometrically limited ...
Should thi angles between the limited elements of the fundamental particle ..."
2. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"... and forms the unity or fundamental " particle, which, in the case of great
parts, is effected by " the most electro-positive ingredients round which we ..."
3. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"fundamental particle A particle with no internal substructure. In the Standard
Model, the quarks, leptons, photons, gluons, W-boson and Z-bosons, ..."
4. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"(2) ii) The fundamental particle species are those of the minimal SU5 modal:22
three generations of fermions, 24 gauge bosoms, and a 24 and 5 of Higgs ..."
5. Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space And Time: Charting the Course for by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"The collisions convert energy to mass, producing new particles or new phenomena
associated with fundamental particle interactions through Einstein's famous ..."
6. The Origin and Its Meaning: On the Origin of the Universe and Its Mechanics by Roger Ellman (2004)
"But the quark is a well intended but incorrect fundamental particle hypothesis.
First, there is no place and no need for the quark in the now well validated ..."
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