electroweak interaction

/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈwiːk) /

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physics a type of fundamental interaction combining both the electromagnetic interaction and the weak interactionSee also electromagnetic interaction, weak interaction

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Words nearby electroweak interaction

electrovalence, electrovalency, electrovalent bond, electroweak, electroweak force, electroweak interaction, electroweak theory, electrowinning, electrum, electuary, eledoisin

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After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
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Sometimes everything wrong with a larger dynamic is captured in one small interaction.
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Otherwise, we morally erode the environment to be the type that makes interaction with others so difficult in the first place.
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I think the first obvious thing we can do is videotape every police interaction—body cams, in-car cameras—you name it.
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Still, after nearly a month at sea, I imagine they are eager to recharge, ready for interaction with the outside world.
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Metaphysicians have argued endlessly as to the interaction of mind and matter.
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Discusses the interaction between physical and mental things, and the possibility of freedom in a world of fixed causes.
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The student of human progress is likely to be increasingly impressed with the interaction between ideas and institutions.
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Thus, here also each element reinforces every other; all the factors of life are in constant interaction.
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We see this complex process of the interaction of language and thought actually taking place under our eyes.
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