DEFINITIONS

electroweak theory

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

noun Physics.

a gauge theory that unifies quantum electrodynamics with the theory of weak interactions.

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Words nearby electroweak theory

electrovalency, electrovalent bond, electroweak, electroweak force, electroweak interaction, electroweak theory, electrowinning, electrum, electuary, eledoisin, eleemosynary
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Origin of electroweak theory

1975–80; electro- + weak; alternate name after U.S. physicist Steven Weinberg (born 1933) and Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam (born 1926)
Also called Salam-Weinberg theory, Weinberg-Salam theory.
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