Weakon
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From weak + -on.
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