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    ELEMENTARY PARTICLE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matterplay

    Synonyms:

    elementary particle; fundamental particle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("elementary particle" is a kind of...):

    particle; subatomic particle (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)

    Domain category:

    natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elementary particle"):

    antilepton (the antiparticle of a lepton)

    antiparticle (a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy)

    antiquark (the antiparticle of a quark)

    hadron (any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles)

    lepton (an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0)

    quark ((physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3)

    strange particle (an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness)

    cosmic string; string ((cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop)

    weakly interacting massive particle; WIMP (a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe)

    Holonyms ("elementary particle" is a part of...):

    atom ((physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element)

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