Z particle

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noun

physics a type of neutral elementary particle considered to transmit the weak interaction between other elementary particles. Z particles have a rest mass of 1.62557 × 10 –25 kgAlso called: Z boson See also W particle

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Words nearby Z particle

zouk, zounds, Zovirax, zowie, zoysia, Z particle, ZPG, Z-plasty, Zr, ZRE, z's

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Example sentences from the Web for Z particle

Some questions we may never know the answer to: Was Jay Z doing something he shouldn't have been doing?
Solange Smacks Jay Z, Legolas Slaps Bieber, and the Biggest Celebrity Feuds of the Year|Amy Zimmerman|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alexander Gilkes has partied with Jay Z in Paris and toured vineyards with the rapper, too.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jay Z, Leonardo DiCaprio (also in Miami, sighted leaving a club with 20 women), and Owen Wilson are all dedicated art collectors.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jay Z, Prince William, Beyoncé and Kate Middleton met at a Brooklyn Nets game Monday evening...and the Internet survived.
When Your Royalty Met Ours: Kate Meets Bey Courtside|Tom Sykes|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
This, as a piece of pure economics, does not interest the individual employer a particle.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Messrs. X and Z had specially engaged two eminent organists to play for them.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
I can tell you, my dear idealist—you have not changed a particle, by the way—that there is another side you have never seen.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Let us conceive a particle of air situated immediately over the earth's polar axis.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler