"supersymmetry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-supersymmetry.wav [US] Forms: supersymmetries [plural]
Etymology: From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|symmetry}} super- + symmetry, {{coin|en|Abdus Salam|nat=Pakistani|nocap=1|occ=physicist}} coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam, {{coin|en|John Strathdee|in=1974|nat=American|nobycat=1|notext=1|occ=physicist|w=-}} American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} supersymmetry (usually uncountable, plural supersymmetries)
  1. (physics) A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions. Wikipedia link: Physics Letters B, supersymmetry Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: SUSY [abbreviation] Translations (theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces): supersimetria [feminine] (Catalan), 超對稱 (Chinese Mandarin), 超对称 (chāoduìchèn) (Chinese Mandarin), supersymmetria (Finnish), supersymétrie [feminine] (French), Supersymmetrie [feminine] (German), υπερσυμμετρία (ypersymmetría) [feminine] (Greek), અતિસમમિતિ (atisammiti) (Gujarati), अतिसममिति (atisammiti) (Hindi), szuperszimmetria (Hungarian), ofursamhverfa (Icelandic), forshiméadracht (Irish), supersimmetria [feminine] (Italian), 超対称性 (chōtaishōsei) (Japanese), суперсимметрия (supersimmetriä) (Kazakh), 초대칭 (chodaeching) (alt: 超對稱) (Korean), supersimetria [feminine] (Portuguese), суперсимме́трия (supersimmétrija) [feminine] (Russian), supersimetría [feminine] (Spanish), மீச்சமச்சீர்மை (mīccamaccīrmai) (Tamil), สมมาตรยิ่งยวด (Thai), siêu đối xứng (alt: 超對稱) (Vietnamese)

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