high-energy physics
[hahy-en-er-jee]
- the branch of particle physics that deals with the collisions of particles accelerated to such high energies that new elementary particles are created by the collisions.
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Origin of high-energy physics
First recorded in 1960–65
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high-energy physics
- another name for particle physics
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