supersymmetry
noun
su·per·sym·me·try ˌsü-pər-ˈsi-mə-trē 
: the correspondence between fermions and bosons of identical mass that is postulated to have existed during the opening moments of the big bang and that relates gravity to the other forces of nature
supersymmetric
ˌsü-pər-sə-ˈme-trik
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This is the core concept of supersymmetry (SUSY), a set of theories that have profoundly shaped successive generations of today’s researchers. 
Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2022 Finally, there is the news—or lack thereof—from the latest particle accelerators, which have not found any evidence for the extra particles predicted by supersymmetry, an idea that string theory relies on. Adam Becker, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022 Beautiful, all-encompassing theories such as supersymmetry, which predicts a complete set of mirror-image particles for all the ones in the Standard Model, were in vogue; the subtleties of neutrino oscillations were not. Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021 The Large Hadron Collider, the first of its kind powerful enough to detect the supersymmetry particles required for String Theory to hang together, has found nothing of the like. Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 One possibility is that an extension of the standard model, called supersymmetry, is true. Don Lincoln, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021 In 2003 signs of supersymmetry—a conjectured extension of the Standard Model that introduces new particles—were seen at LEP, also at around three sigma. Sabine Hossenfelder, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2021 As the name of the article implies, interest in the octonions has been rekindled by their surprising relationship to recent developments in theoretical physics, including supersymmetry, string theory and M-theory. Michael Moyer, Scientific American, 4 May 2011 Loeb points out that many of the most fashionable research topics in physics — other than supersymmetry, ideas like extra-spatial dimensions, string theory, multiverses — lack much experimental backing. Farhad Manjoo New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021 See More
Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2022 Finally, there is the news—or lack thereof—from the latest particle accelerators, which have not found any evidence for the extra particles predicted by supersymmetry, an idea that string theory relies on. Adam Becker, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022 Beautiful, all-encompassing theories such as supersymmetry, which predicts a complete set of mirror-image particles for all the ones in the Standard Model, were in vogue; the subtleties of neutrino oscillations were not. Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021 The Large Hadron Collider, the first of its kind powerful enough to detect the supersymmetry particles required for String Theory to hang together, has found nothing of the like. Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 One possibility is that an extension of the standard model, called supersymmetry, is true. Don Lincoln, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021 In 2003 signs of supersymmetry—a conjectured extension of the Standard Model that introduces new particles—were seen at LEP, also at around three sigma. Sabine Hossenfelder, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2021 As the name of the article implies, interest in the octonions has been rekindled by their surprising relationship to recent developments in theoretical physics, including supersymmetry, string theory and M-theory. Michael Moyer, Scientific American, 4 May 2011 Loeb points out that many of the most fashionable research topics in physics — other than supersymmetry, ideas like extra-spatial dimensions, string theory, multiverses — lack much experimental backing. Farhad Manjoo New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1974, in the meaning defined above