"intermediate vector boson" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intermediate vector bosons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intermediate vector boson (plural intermediate vector bosons)
  1. (physics) Any of the three fundamental particles (the two W-bosons and the Z-boson) that transmit the weak nuclear force and have a mass about 100 times that of a proton. Categories (topical): Subatomic particles
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