fundamental particle

noun

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Physics students learn about the basic stuff of reality—space and time, energy and matter—and are told that all other scientific disciplines must reduce back down to the fundamental particles and laws that physics has generated. Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025 Dark matter is probably a previously unstudied type of fundamental particle that is not part of the standard model of particle physics. Chris Impey, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2025 Instead the primordial cosmic soup would have been a blazing mess of the fundamental particles called quarks, as well as gluons, which carry the strong force that binds atomic nuclei together. Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2025 Explosive Computations Physicists want to predict what will happen when fundamental particles interact. Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fundamental particle

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1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fundamental particle was in 1901

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“Fundamental particle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamental%20particle. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.

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