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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. )


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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

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

The small distances and high energies at which the electroweak force becomes identical with the strong nuclear force are not reachable with any conceivable human-built accelerator.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

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