electroweak
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- noun
- /ˌɛlɛkˈtroʊˌwiːk/
- Specialized
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interacción electrodébil
- When particle physicists say electroweak scale or TV scale, they mean energies that can be tested at the Large Hadron Collider.
- electroweak theory
- electroweak interaction
- electroweak force
Examples
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The search for the W and Z0 bosons predicted by unified electroweak theory was the primary motivation for building the SPS collider.
Academic text (2012) -
Just such a group was later to become an integral part of today's successful electroweak theory.
Academic text (1995) -
What remained of the unified forces split into the electroweak and the strong nuclear forces.
Academic text (2003) -
But one does not go to church to hear a lecture on electroweak theory and beyond.
Blog text (26) -
Wilczek himself was particularly interested in studying the high-energy behavior of the electroweak theory.
Academic text (2004) -
On selected differential distributions, however, electroweak corrections can grow much larger.
Academic text (2018) -
In the mid-1970s, experimental evidence for the now-standard electroweak-unification theory was shaky.
Academic text (2005) -
Eventually, perhaps at an age of 10-35 seconds, the universe experienced a phase transition, with the electroweak and strong forces separating (that is, the symmetry was broken).
Academic text (2002) -
Theorists now feel rather confident that they can view electromagnetism and weak interactions as aspects of a single "electroweak" force, and they have high hopes of achieving a "grand unified theory" that will unify strong interactions with the electroweak force.
Academic text (1991) -
The electroweak interaction explains how two fundamental forces in nature are united.
Synonyms
A basic force that unites electricity, magnetism, and the weak force between particles
Compounds
- Specialized
A basic force that unites electricity, magnetism, and the weak force between particles
Surface Forms
Morphology
electroweak = electroweak (semi-transparent) = electro + weak
The noun is a zero-derived use of the adjective, but the resulting scientific term remains specialized and not fully predictable from the parts for most learners.
Etymology
Electroweak combines the familiar prefix electro- (as in electric and electron) and the simple word weak ('not strong'), so it names the single interaction or theory that brings the electromagnetic and weak forces together.