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SUSY

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

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name

Meaning 1

A diminutive of Susan and of related female given names.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

Syllabic abbreviation of supersymmetry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: quantum mechanics

Examples

  • 2004: SUSY is a symmetry between particles of half-integer spin (fermions such as quarks and leptons) and those of whole-integer spin (bosons such as photons, gluons and other force carriers). — Scientific American, Sept 2004, p.58

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