PARTICLE PHYSICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does particle physics mean? 

• PARTICLE PHYSICS (noun)
  The noun PARTICLE PHYSICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions

  Familiarity information: PARTICLE PHYSICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTICLE PHYSICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

high-energy physics; high energy physics; particle physics

Hypernyms ("particle physics" is a kind of...):

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Domain member category:

flavor; flavour ((physics) the six kinds of quarks)

charm; strangeness ((physics) one of the six flavors of quark)

color; colour ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction)

M-theory ((particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong)

string theory ((particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings)

 Context examples 

The discovery was made by the CERN Large Hadron Collider b-quark (LHCb) experiment group, one of several ongoing particle physics experiments at the laboratory.

(Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle, NSF)

The probability of neutrinos being absorbed by the Earth was consistent with expectations from the Standard Model of particle physics, a theory that scientists use to explain the fundamental forces and particles in the universe.

(Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks, National Science Foundation)