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One of the four subatomic particles that mediate the four fundamental forces. The particles and their corresponding forces are: the photon and the electromagnetic force, the graviton and the gravitational force, the intermediate vector boson and the weak nuclear force, and the gluon and the strong nuclear force. The graviton has yet to be isolated in an experiment.

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How to use vector boson in a sentence

To some extent, it seems, “the law enforcement vector” contributed to the radicalization of Abu Omar.
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The adenovirus he received was simply a vector, bringing a missing gene to his cell.
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To early adopters, Homestar Runner was that light, in vector graphics with actionscript.
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Sex is a major vector in the relationships, but there are emotional attachments as well.
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For 50 years, scientists had predicted the existence of the particle we now know as Higgs boson, which gives mass to matter.
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The line drawn from the sun to any point of the orbit (the string from pin to pencil point) is a radius vector.
A Text-Book of Astronomy|George C. Comstock
The radius vector of each planet moves over equal areas in equal times.
A Text-Book of Astronomy|George C. Comstock
The radius vector (or line joining sun and planet) sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
Pioneers of Science|Oliver Lodge
Diurnal inequalities in N and W lend themselves readily to the construction of what are known as vector diagrams.
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With considerable change of latitude however the shape of vector diagrams changes largely.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various