God particle

noun

1. an informal name for Higgs boson

Example Sentences

In July 2012, headlines screamed of the possible discovery of the “God particle” by scientists at CERN.

From The Daily Beast

NPR's All Things Considered interviews Dick Teresi, the man credited with naming the Higgs-Boson Particle the "God Particle."

From The Daily Beast

Politics of physics - British Professor Peter Higgs, after whom the 'god particle' is named, boycotts Israel.

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