weak force

/wik fɔrs/
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Other forms: weak forces

Definitions of weak force
  1. noun
    (physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay; mediated by intermediate vector bosons
    synonyms: weak interaction
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    type of:
    fundamental interaction, interaction
    (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
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