WEAK FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weak force mean? 

• WEAK FORCE (noun)
  The noun WEAK FORCE has 1 sense:

1. (physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay; mediated by intermediate vector bosons

  Familiarity information: WEAK FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEAK FORCE (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

weak force; weak interaction

Hypernyms ("weak force" is a kind of...):

fundamental interaction; interaction ((physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)