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X boson

X boson noun: a hypothetical elementary particle that couples quarks to leptons, analogous to the W boson and Z boson, but corresponding to a new type of force predicted by the Georgi–Glashow model.

Noun

X boson (plural X bosons)

  1. A hypothetical elementary particle that couples quarks to leptons, analogous to the W boson and Z boson, but corresponding to a new type of force predicted by the Georgi–Glashow model.

Forms of X boson

pluralX bosons

Questions about X boson

What does X boson mean?
X boson means a hypothetical elementary particle that couples quarks to leptons, analogous to the W boson and Z boson, but corresponding to a new type of force predicted by the Georgi–Glashow model.
What part of speech is X boson?
X boson is a noun.
What is the plural of X boson?
The plural of X boson is X bosons.

Words near X boson in the dictionary

  1. w—O
  2. W⁵
  3. w⚓
  4. w⚓s
  5. x
  6. X boson
  7. X bosons
  8. X chromosome
  9. X chromosomes
  10. X disease
  11. x factor

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