INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermediate vector boson mean? 

• INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSON (noun)
  The noun INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSON has 1 sense:

1. a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles

  Familiarity information: INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("intermediate vector boson" is a kind of...):

gauge boson (a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles)