noun
boson
BOH-zon
noun
1
A type of subatomic particle with a whole-number spin, unlike particles such as electrons; photons and the Higgs particle are examples.
"The Higgs boson was confirmed experimentally in 2012."
How to Use Boson
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA category of particle in physics defined by how it behaves in groups — distinct from fermions like electrons and protons.
When to use it
A technical physics term, rarely used outside science contexts except in phrases like "the God particle" (the Higgs boson).
Word Forms
bosons plural, bosons plural
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Etymology
Named after the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, whose work on particle statistics inspired the term; coined by physicist Paul Dirac in 1945.