electroweak force

American  

[i-lek-troh-week fawrs] / ɪˈlɛk troʊˌwik ˈfɔrs /

noun

1. Physics. the unified interaction describing electromagnetism and the weak force as different manifestations of the same fundamental force.

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electroweak force Scientific  

/ ĭ-lĕk′trō-wēk′ /

1. A hypothetical force postulated to explain both the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force as two aspects of a single force.

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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

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

They can now be considered to be different manifestations of one force, called the electroweak force.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Enter English physicist Peter Higgs, who came up with a way to save the electroweak force.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2012

But there was a problem with the theory: In order for it to be true, the particles that carry the electroweak force would have to be without mass, and such particles have never been observed.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2012