gauge boson 1
noundomain: natural obj.
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles
Hypernym
boson 1
noun
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
EnglishHyponym
gluon 1
noun
a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks
graviton 1
noun
a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles
a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles
photon 1
noun
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
W boson 1
noun
either of two charged intermediate vector bosons that have a positive or a negative charge and a mass about 157,350 times that of the electron.
