high-energy physics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of high-energy physics
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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He opted for high-energy physics and theoretical math instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
"It's an ideal project for the MSU high-energy physics group."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025
High-energy physicists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois—DOE’s only high-energy physics lab—are gearing up to build a massive neutrino experiment.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2022
Gary Marcus has argued for ‘‘a coordinated, multidisciplinary, multinational effort’’ modeled after the European high-energy physics lab CERN, which has successfully developed billion-dollar science projects like the Large Hadron Collider.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
Leaders of Lawrences Berkeley and Livermore empire during the postwar bonanza, which enriched the university and secured the Rad Lab’s position as the preeminent center of high-energy physics in the nation, perhaps the world.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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