W-boson

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

W and Z bosons

Alternative forms

W boson

Etymology

Coined by Chinese physicists Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen-Ning in 1960; the W is believed to stand for weak.

Noun

W-boson (plural W-bosons)

(physics) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1

Translations

fundamental particle

Finnish: W-bosoni
French: boson W (fr) m
Russian: W-бозон m (W-bozon)
Swedish: W-boson c

Swedish

Noun

W-boson c

(physics) W-boson

Declension

Declension of W-boson

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	W-boson	W-bosons
singular	definite	W-bosonen	W-bosonens
plural	indefinite	W-bosoner	W-bosoners
plural	definite	W-bosonerna	W-bosonernas

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