elementary particle

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Noun

elementary particle (plural elementary particles)

1. (physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:elementary particle

Translations

• French: particule élémentaire
• German: Elementarteilchen
• Italian: particella elementare
• Portuguese: partícula elementar
• Russian: э̀лемента́рная части́ца
• Spanish: partícula elemental

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