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PARTICLE PHYSICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
Synonyms:
high-energy physics; high energy physics; particle physics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("particle physics" is a kind of...):
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Domain member category:
flavor; flavour ((physics) the six kinds of quarks)
charm; strangeness ((physics) one of the six flavors of quark)
color; colour ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction)
M-theory ((particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong)
string theory ((particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings)
