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leptophilic

leptophilic adjective: describing a proposed form of dark matter that only interacts with leptons.

Adjective

leptophilic (comparative more leptophilic, superlative most leptophilic)

  1. Describing a proposed form of dark matter that only interacts with leptons

Forms of leptophilic

comparativemore leptophilic
superlativemost leptophilic

Origin of leptophilic

From lepto- + -philic.

Questions about leptophilic

What does leptophilic mean?
Leptophilic means describing a proposed form of dark matter that only interacts with leptons.
What part of speech is leptophilic?
Leptophilic is an adjective.

Words near leptophilic in the dictionary

  1. leptonization
  2. leptonless
  3. leptonlike
  4. leptons
  5. leptopellic
  6. leptophilic
  7. leptophlebiid
  8. leptophlebiids
  9. leptophloem
  10. leptophobic
  11. leptophos

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