Definitions for w particle

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W particle(n.)

  1. either of two types of charged intermediate vector boson, one positively charged and the other negatively charged.

    Category: Physics

    Ref: Symbols: W+, 8 W 9

Origin of W particle:

1970–75; appar. for weak


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