Meaning | (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons. |
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Synonym | fundamental interaction |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
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Narrower | electromagnetic interaction | An interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions |
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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 |
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Spanish | interacción fundamental, interacción |
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Catalan | forces fonamentals, interacció fonamental |
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