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W particle definition

W particle

Particle Physics either of the two electrically charged weakons with a mass of 80.3 GeV/c, which is c. 157,000 times the mass of an electron

Etymology: < w(eak)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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