particle physics

noun

: a branch of physics dealing with the constitution, properties, and interactions of elementary particles especially as revealed in experiments using particle accelerators

called also high-energy physics

particle physicist noun

Examples of particle physics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With this knowledge, scientists have been hunting for particles outside the Standard Model of particle physics that could account for dark matter. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026

Regardless of whether one studies cosmology, particle physics, medicine or chemical processes, one is always dealing with variable systems and thus with differential equations. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026

Together, the papers suggest that important features of black hole physics may already be encoded inside ordinary particle physics equations. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026

While electricity plays a central role, lightning bolts are formed and shaped by the whole physics canon — from cosmic blasts to particle physics. —Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for particle physics

• tectonophysics
• astrophysics
• geophysics
• metaphysics