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electroweak

American  
[ih-lek-troh-week] / ɪˈlɛk troʊˌwik /

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to a theory or the phenomena associated with electromagnetic and weak fields and their interactions.


Etymology

Origin of electroweak

First recorded in 1975–80; electro- ( def. ) + weak ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Our new results have been found in a study of a particular kind of process, known as an electroweak penguin decay.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Below that temperature, electroweak processes that convert a neutrino asymmetry into an excess of matter effectively shut off.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

“What you really want is a sort of a laboratory for electroweak physics,” Craig says.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

But as Craig and others argue, that discovery was only the “herald” of electroweak physics.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

From looking increasingly inward at smaller details for direct evidence of electroweak theory and GUTs, we turn around and look to the universe for evidence of the unification of forces.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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