| NOUN | object | gauge boson | a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles |
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| Meaning | A particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles. | |
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| Narrower | gluon | A gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks |
| graviton | A gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles | |
| intermediate vector boson | A gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles | |
| photon | A quantum of electromagnetic radiation | |
| Broader | boson | Any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle |
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