elementary particle
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A Z boson is a neutral elementary particle associated with the weak force.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Answering these questions is the work of elementary particle physics.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Much of the production’s overall character came from the vibrancy of South Africa, and particularly the extraordinary dancer Dada Masilo, who mirrored Kentridge’s purpose, in part, by becoming the manifestation of a supercharged elementary particle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
Electric charge is conserved in nuclear and elementary particle reactions, even when elementary particles are produced or destroyed.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Our familiar universe of galaxies and stars, planets and people, would be a single elementary particle in the next universe up, the first step of another infinite regress.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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