Meanings
plural supersymmetries
- uncountableusuallynatural sciencesA theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.
Supersymmetry is the concept that known particles – such as electrons, quarks and photons – have a heavier and as-yet-undetected "superpartner".
2013 November 22, Alok Jha, “Stephen Hawking: physics would be 'more interesting' if Higgs boson hadn't been found”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 24, page 321 more example
We suggest therefore that the expression "super-symmetry" might be more appropriate for the global concept and reserve the word "gauge" for local symmetries.
1974, A Salam, “Super-symmetry and non-Abelian gauges”, in Physics Letters BSynonyms: SUSY
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.
Origin
From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan supersimetria
- supersimetriatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Chinese Mandarin 超對稱 /超对称
- 超對稱 /超对称 (chāoduìchèn)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Finnish supersymmetria
- supersymmetriatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
French supersymétrie
- supersymétrietheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
German Supersymmetrie
- Supersymmetrietheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Greek υπερσυμμετρία
- υπερσυμμετρία (ypersymmetría)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Hindi अतिसममिति
- अतिसममिति (atisammiti)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Hungarian szuperszimmetria
- szuperszimmetriatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Icelandic ofursamhverfa
- ofursamhverfatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Irish forshiméadracht
- forshiméadrachttheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Italian supersimmetria
- supersimmetriatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Japanese 超対称性
- 超対称性 (chōtaishōsei)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Korean 초대칭
- 초대칭 (chodaeching)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Polish supersymetria
- supersymetriatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Portuguese supersimetria
- supersimetriatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Russian суперсимме́трия
- суперсимме́трия (supersimmétrija)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Spanish supersimetría
- supersimetríatheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Tamil மீச்சமச்சீர்மை
- மீச்சமச்சீர்மை (mīccamaccīrmai)theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Thai สมมาตรยิ่งยวด
- สมมาตรยิ่งยวดtheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Vietnamese siêu đối xứng
- siêu đối xứngtheory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces
Cite this entry
supersymmetry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersymmetry
“supersymmetry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersymmetry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supersymmetry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersymmetry.
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