"electroweak" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From electro- + weak. Coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and used informally as early as 1978, and by him in print and his Nobel Prize lecture in 1979. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|electro|weak}} electro- + weak, {{coin|en|Abdus Salam|nat=Pakistani|occ=physicist}} Coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} electroweak (not comparable)
  1. (physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics Derived forms: electroweak interaction Related terms: electrostrong Translations (combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces): électrofaible (French), elektrodebila (Ido), elettrodebole (Italian), 電弱 (denjaku) (Japanese), elektrosvag (Swedish)

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