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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

基本粒子

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kihon ryuushi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fundamental particle/ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl ˈpɑr.tɪ.kəl/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"電子は基本粒子です。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A subatomic particle that is not made up of smaller particles and is a fundamental constituent of matter.

    "Electrons and quarks are examples of fundamental particles that make up atoms."
  2. 2

    Any of the basic particles in the Standard Model of particle physics.

    "The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle that gives mass to other particles."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin fundamentalis (from fundamentum, foundation) combined with particula, a diminutive of pars (part). Formed in modern physics terminology during the 20th century to describe subatomic constituents that are not composed of smaller substructures.

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