[higz] 
| a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin. |
| Higgs boson (hĭgz) n. A hypothetical, massive subatomic particle with zero electric charge whose existence would explain the masses of the elementary particles. [Fundamental particle of the Higgs field, the hypothetical quantum field responsible for giving subatomic particles their mass, after Peter Ware Higgs (born 1929), British physicist.] |
| Main Entry: | Higgs boson |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See God particle |