Higgs Boson Definition
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noun
A hypothetical massive boson that binds to other subatomic particles, giving them mass.
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Higgs boson
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higgs-bosonsOrigin of Higgs Boson
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From Higgs (“a surname”) + boson; after the British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with proposing what is now called the Higgs mechanism.
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From the fact that it is the fundamental particle of the Higgs field
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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