HIGGS BOSON


Meaning of HIGGS BOSON in English

ˈhigz- noun

or higgs particle

Usage: usually capitalized H

Etymology: after Peter W. Higgs b 1929 British physicist

: a hypothetical elementary particle that has zero spin and large mass and that is required by some gauge theories to account for the masses of other elementary particles

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