Meanings
higgsless1
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Higgsless.
Higgsless2
- not comparablenatural sciencesDescribing any system in which the Higgs boson/Higgs field/Higgs mechanism is not involved, or is presumed not to exist.
Origin
From Higgs + -less; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the Higgs mechanism, which would be missing under this adjective.
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