HyperDic: weak_force

English > 1 sense of the expression weak force:
NOUNphenomenonweak force, weak interaction(physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay
English > weak force: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning(physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay; mediated by intermediate vector bosons.
Synonymweak interaction
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Broaderinteraction, fundamental interaction(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields
Spanishdébil de fuerza

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