: any of the particles of which matter and energy are composed or which mediate the fundamental forces of nature
especially: one whose existence has not been attributed to the combination of other more fundamental entities
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Recent Examples on the WebPhysicists measure elementary particle masses in units of millions of electron volts – shortened to MeV. John Conway, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022 Physicists have found that an elementary particle called the W boson appears to be 0.1% too heavy — a tiny discrepancy that could foreshadow a huge shift in fundamental physics. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2022 Now a fresh analysis of old CDF data has unearthed a stunning discrepancy in the mass of an elementary particle, the W boson, that could point the way to new, as yet undiscovered particles and interactions. Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022 Research conducted there has resulted in several Nobel Prizes for Physics, including the 2013 prize for the discovery of an elementary particle known as the Higgs boson. Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022 Physicists assume the stuff consists of some sort of elementary particle lingering from the big bang. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 26 Mar. 2021 Less familiar from our observations of the everyday world are two forces vital in nuclear and elementary particle reactions.Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020 Palmer played the Higgs boson — an elementary particle present in all things. Greg Luca, Alia Malik And Krista Torralva |, ExpressNews.com, 31 May 2020 Physicists have detected the strongest evidence yet of a behavioral difference between elementary particles called neutrinos and their mirror-image twins, antineutrinos.Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2020 See More