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high-energy physics

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high-en⋅er⋅gy phys⋅ics

[hahy-en-er-jee]
–noun
the branch of particle physics that deals with the collisions of particles accelerated to such high energies that new elementary particles are created by the collisions.

Origin:
1960–65
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high-energy physics

noun
the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions [syn: particle physics
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