"Higgs-like" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Higgs (“a surname”) + -like, from Peter Higgs, credited with the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Higgs|like|t1=a surname}} Higgs (“a surname”) + -like Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Higgs-like (not comparable)
  1. (physics) Imbuing elementary particles with mass through the breaking of electroweak symmetry and the interaction with some field. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-Higgs-like-en-adj-5AZyUSM9 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (physics) (of a particle) Similar in mass and other properties to the proposed Standard Model Higgs boson. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-Higgs-like-en-adj-hr-PYn0X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -like, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -like: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Higgs boson, Higgs field, Higgs mechanism, Higgsino
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