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WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
weakly interacting massive particle; WIMP
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("weakly interacting massive particle" is a kind of...):
elementary particle; fundamental particle ((physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Domain usage:
acronym; initialism (a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word)
Holonyms ("weakly interacting massive particle" is a part of...):
dark matter ((cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force)
