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standard model

standard model is the alternative letter-case form of Standard Model.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Standard Model

the Standard Model

  1. (particle) A theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.
    • I shall call this the standard model (SM). There is promise that this model is part of the truth.1977 January 1, Abraham Pais, “Current problems in the weak interactions”, in Symposium on five decades of weak interactions
    • Prof Mark Lancaster, who is the UK lead for the experiment, told BBC News: "We have found the interaction of muons are not in agreement with the Standard Model [the current widely accepted theory to explain how the building blocks of the Universe behave]."2021 April 7, Pallab Ghosh, quoting Mark Lancaster, “Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature”, in BBC News

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Standard model

the Standard model

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Standard Model.

Forms of standard model

alternative formStandard model
alternative formstandard model

Origin of standard model

A proprialization of the collocation standard model, coined by American physicists Abraham Pais and Sam Treiman in 1975.

Questions about standard model

What does standard model mean?
Standard model means a theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.
What is standard model the alternative letter-case form of?
Standard model is the alternative letter-case form of Standard Model.
What part of speech is standard model?
Standard model is a proper noun.

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