Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

weak nuclear force

American  

noun

  1. Physics. weak force.


weak nuclear force Scientific  

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The weak nuclear force drives the process of nuclear beta decay.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

However, the weak nuclear force is exceptionally difficult to study as it is overshadowed by the much greater effects of the strong nuclear and electromagnetic forces.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

That discrepancy could have signaled that massive new particles lurking in the vacuum alter the mass of the W, which conveys the weak nuclear force just as the photon conveys electromagnetism’s force.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023

In fact, all particles feel the weak nuclear force.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

To explain what kept atoms together, other forces were needed, and in the 1930s two were discovered: the strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson