intermediate vector boson
- intermediate vector boson
noun
a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles
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: any of the three particles that mediate the weak force — see
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Physics.
one of the three particles that are believed to transmit the weak force: the positively charged W particle,
the negatively charged W particle,
and the neutral Z
0 particle.
[1965-70]
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intermediate vector boson noun (physics)
Any of three elementary particles (W+, W− and Z0) that carry weak interactions between particles
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Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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