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boson

/bəʊsən/ noun · British & US
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What does boson mean?

noun

A boson is a type of subatomic particle that carries forces between particles. In physics, bosons are a class of particles that follow Bose-Einstein statistics.

Example

"The discovery of the Higgs boson was a major breakthrough in particle physics."

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