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Higgs

//hɪɡz//

Definitions

1
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Similar
Hick Hicks Hickson

adj

1
pertaining to the Higgs mechanism/Higgs force
Similar
Higgsian

1
Ellipsis of Higgs boson, named for Peter Higgs.
The Higgs is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass.

verbHiggses · Higgsing · Higgsed

1
to make subject to the Higgs mechanism
When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to #92;mathbbZ#95;n.

Word Origin

From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.

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