fundamental particle

noun

1. elementary particle.

fundamental particle

noun

1. another name for elementary particle

fundamental particle

1. See elementary particle

Word History and Origins

Origin of fundamental particle¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

So far, they’ve been able to do that only for unrealistic black holes using speculative string theory—which assumes every fundamental particle is a tiny string or multidimensional “brane.”

From Science Magazine

By creating them and watching them decay, they have pieced together a theory of fundamental particles and forces called the standard model.

From Science Magazine

Physicists had learned that every fundamental particle seems to have an antimatter counterpart, an idea Segrè would later earn a Nobel Prize for verifying.

From Science Magazine

Science does deal with things that can’t be observed, such as fundamental particles, quantum wave functions, maybe even other universes.

From Scientific American

Just after the big bang, the universe grew exponentially, hugely magnifying tiny quantum fluctuations in a dense soup of fundamental particles.

From Science Magazine