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    HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactionsplay

    Synonyms:

    high-energy physics; high energy physics; particle physics

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("high-energy physics" is a kind of...):

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

    Domain member category:

    flavor; flavour ((physics) the six kinds of quarks)

    charm; strangeness ((physics) one of the six flavors of quark)

    color; colour ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction)

    M-theory ((particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong)

    string theory ((particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings)

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