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.

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Etymology

Origin of electroweak

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

Example Sentences

Unlike the known neutrinos, which interact with other particles through the electroweak force, a sterile neutrino would not interact with matter in the same way.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 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

When scientists access such “young cosmos” states with particle accelerators, they see electromagnetism and the weak force acting as one single force—the electroweak force—suggesting that in the early universe, these two forces were one.

From Scientific American • Aug. 19, 2023

So successful have QCD and the electroweak theory been that, taken together, they are called the Standard Model.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015