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weak isospin

noun

Etymology

From weak + isospin, "weak" referring to the weak interaction.

  1. inherited from *(s)penh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *spinnaną✻
  3. inherited from spinnan
  4. inherited from spinnen
  5. compounded as isospin — “isotopic + spin”
  6. compounded as weak isospin — “weak + isospin”

Definitions

  1. A quantum number or symmetry related to the weak interaction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for weak isospin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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