Higgs

plural Higgses · alternative Hicks

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

   Synonyms: Hick, Hicks, Hickson

alternative Hicks

1. not comparablepertaining to the Higgs mechanism/Higgs force

   Synonyms: Higgsian

plural Higgses · alternative Hicks

1. abbreviationellipsisnatural sciencesEllipsis of Higgs boson, named for Peter Higgs.

   The Higgs is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass.

   2012 July 2, Paul Rincon, “US sees stronger hints of Higgs”, in bbc.co.uk, retrieved 02 Jul 2012

present singular third person Higgses · participle present Higgsing · participle past Higgsed · past Higgsed · alternative Hicks

1. natural sciencesto make subject to the Higgs mechanism

   When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to #92;mathbbZ#95;n.

   2015 February 26, Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin, Nathan Seiberg, Brian Willett, “Generalized global symmetries”, in SpringerLink^(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)172)