"elementary particle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: elementary particles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elementary particle (plural elementary particles)
  1. (physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks. Wikipedia link: elementary particle Categories (topical): Physics, Subatomic particles Synonyms: elementary particle, fundamental particle Hypernyms: subatomic particle Hyponyms: lepton, quark, gauge boson Holonyms: atom Related terms: :Category:Elementary particles Translations (subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles): جُسَيْم أَوَّلِيّ (jusaym ʔawwaliyy) (Arabic), տարրական մասնիկ (tarrakan masnik) (Armenian), মৌলিক কণা (mōulik kona) (Bengali), 基本粒子 (jīběn lìzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), elementární částice [feminine] (Czech), algosake (Estonian), alkeishiukkanen (Finnish), particule élémentaire [feminine] (French), Elementarteilchen [neuter] (German), elemi részecske (Hungarian), particella elementare [feminine] (Italian), 基本粒子 (kihon ryūshi) (Japanese), 素粒子 (soryūshi) (Japanese), elementærpartikkel [masculine] (Norwegian), cząstka elementarna [feminine] (Polish), partícula elementar [feminine] (Portuguese), particulă elementară [feminine] (Romanian), э̀лемента́рная части́ца (èlementárnaja častíca) [feminine] (Russian), partícula elemental [feminine] (Spanish), елемента́рна части́нка (elementárna častýnka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), gronyn elfennol [masculine] (Welsh)

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