fundamental_interaction (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *fundamental interaction*:
NOUN	phenomenon	fundamental interaction, interaction	(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields

English > *fundamental interaction*: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning	(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons.
Synonym	interaction
Category	physics, natural philosophy	The science of matter and energy and their interactions
Narrower	electromagnetic interaction	An interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions
	gravitational interaction	A weak interaction between particles that results from their mass
	strong interaction, strong force, color force	(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms
	weak interaction, weak force	(physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay
Broader	physical phenomenon	A natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
Spanish	interacción fundamental, interacción
Catalan	forces fonamentals, interacció fonamental

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