intermediate vector boson

noun

Any of the three fundamental particles (the two W-bosons and the Z-boson) that transmit the weak nuclear force and have a mass about 100 times that of a proton.

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Meanings

nounintermediate vector boson (plural intermediate vector bosons)

plural intermediate vector bosons

  1. particlenatural sciencesAny of the three fundamental particles (the two W-bosons and the Z-boson) that transmit the weak nuclear force and have a mass about 100 times that of a proton.
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