Meanings
plural inflatinos
- natural sciencesA hypothetical particle, the superpartner of the inflaton.
Origin
From inflate + -ino. Change of suffix from -on on the inflaton. From the practice of using -ino suffixes for superpartners of particles under supersymmetry and string theory. Those initial particles usually having the suffix -on.
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inflatino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflatino
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