W-boson
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Coined by Chinese physicists Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen-Ning in 1960; the W is believed to stand for weak.
Noun
- (physics) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1
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Declension
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Nominative | W-boson | W-bosonen | W-bosoner | W-bosonerna |
Genitive | W-bosons | W-bosonens | W-bosoners | W-bosonernas |
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