Meanings
plural elementary particles
- natural sciencesA fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
2012 March 28, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146Synonyms: fundamental particle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic جُسَيْم أَوَّلِيّ
- جُسَيْم أَوَّلِيّ (jusaym ʔawwaliyy)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Bengali মৌলিক কণা
- মৌলিক কণা (mōulik kona)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Bulgarian елемента́рна части́ца
- елемента́рна части́ца (elementárna častíca)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Chinese Mandarin 基本粒子
- 基本粒子 (jīběn lìzǐ)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Czech elementární částice
- elementární částicesubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Estonian algosake
- algosakesubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Finnish alkeishiukkanen
- alkeishiukkanensubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
French particule élémentaire
- particule élémentairesubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
German Elementarteilchen
- Elementarteilchensubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Hindi मूलकण
- मूलकण (mūlkaṇ)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Hungarian elemi részecske
- elemi részecskesubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Italian particella elementare
- particella elementaresubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Japanese 基本粒子, 素粒子
- 基本粒子 (kihon ryūshi)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
- 素粒子 (soryūshi)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Norwegian elementærpartikkel
- elementærpartikkelsubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Polish cząstka elementarna
- cząstka elementarnasubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Portuguese partícula elementar
- partícula elementarsubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Romanian particulă elementară
- particulă elementarăsubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Russian э̀лемента́рная части́ца
- э̀лемента́рная части́ца (èlementárnaja častíca)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Spanish partícula elemental
- partícula elementalsubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Ukrainian елемента́рна части́нка
- елемента́рна части́нка (elementárna častýnka)subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Welsh gronyn elfennol
- gronyn elfennolsubatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles
Cite this entry
elementary particle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elementary%20particle
“elementary particle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elementary%20particle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elementary particle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elementary%20particle.
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