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noun
Any of the fundamental particles that carry the fundamental forces of nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: boson
Narrower terms: gluon, graviton, intermediate vector boson, photon
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