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weakon

weakon noun: a W-boson or Z-boson.

Noun

weakon (plural weakons)

  1. A W-boson or Z-boson.
    • There are three forces that we try to understand in this framework (the electromagnetic interaction, the weak interaction and the strong interaction) and we associate with them the exchange of three types of bosons, the photon, the W^± and Z⁰ (that I call weakons) and the eight gluons.1980, U. Amaldi, “Panel Discussion: Accelerators for the Future Physics”, in 11th International Conference on High-Energy Accelerators, page 922

Forms of weakon

pluralweakons

Origin of weakon

From weak + -on.

Questions about weakon

What does weakon mean?
Weakon means a W-boson or Z-boson.
What part of speech is weakon?
Weakon is a noun.
What is the plural of weakon?
The plural of weakon is weakons.

Words near weakon in the dictionary

  1. weakmindedly
  2. weakmindedness
  3. weakness
  4. weaknesse
  5. weaknesses
  6. weakon
  7. weakons
  8. weaksauce
  9. weaksauces
  10. weakside
  11. weaksome

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