fundamental particle

noun

: elementary particle

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All visible matter in the universe – stars, planets, you, me – is made up of some combination of 12 fundamental particles. — Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Researchers will use those collisions to probe the internal structure of matter and study how quarks and gluons, the fundamental particles responsible for building protons and neutrons, behave inside atomic nuclei. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 The event honors the scientists responsible for advances in gene therapy, neurodegenerative disease and theories of fundamental particles. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 The lab also found a third fundamental particle, the tau neutrino, in 2000. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fundamental particle

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1901, in the meaning defined above

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