Higgs Mechanism Definition

noun
The hypothetical mechanism in quantum mechanics by which certain particles interact with the Higgs field and thereby have the property of mass.
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Origin of Higgs Mechanism

  • From Higgs (“a surname") + mechanism; after the British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with its discovery.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Peter Ware Higgs (born 1929), British physicist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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