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elementary particle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fundamental particle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: particle, subatomic particle

Narrower terms: antilepton, antiparticle, antiquark, hadron, lepton, quark, strange particle, string, cosmic string, weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جُسَيْم أَوَّلِيّ (jusaym ʔawwaliyy) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Armenian: տարրական մասնիկ (tarrakan masnik) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Bengali: মৌলিক কণা (mōulik kona) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Bulgarian: елемента́рна части́ца (elementárna častíca) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基本粒子 (jīběn lìzǐ) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Czech: elementární částice — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Estonian: algosake — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Finnish: alkeishiukkanen — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • French: particule élémentaire — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • German: Elementarteilchen — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Hindi: मूलकण (mūlkaṇ) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Hungarian: elemi részecske — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Italian: particella elementare — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Japanese: 基本粒子 (kihon ryūshi) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Japanese: 素粒子 (soryūshi) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Norwegian: elementærpartikkel — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Polish: cząstka elementarna — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Portuguese: partícula elementar — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Romanian: particulă elementară — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Russian: э̀лемента́рная части́ца (èlementárnaja častíca) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Spanish: partícula elemental — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Ukrainian: елемента́рна части́нка (elementárna častýnka) — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
  • Welsh: gronyn elfennol — subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles