Elementary particle
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
"The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier."
- 2 (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter wordnet
Example
More examples"The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier."