HIGGS BOSON


Meaning of HIGGS BOSON in English

/higz/ , Physics.

a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin. Also called Higgs particle .

[ named after Peter W. Higgs (born 1929), English physicist, who hypothesized its existence ]

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