Definition of electroweak in English:
electroweak
adjective ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈwiːkəˌlektrōˈwēk
Physics Relating to or denoting electromagnetic and weak interactions regarded as manifestations of the same interaction.
Example sentencesExamples
- There are currently three theories that describe the whole of the universe: general relativity for gravity, quantum electrodynamics for the electroweak interaction, and quantum chromodynamics for the strong interaction.
- It began when key experiments led to general acceptance of the standard model of strong and electroweak particle interactions.
- Quantum electrodynamics, and its expansion to the electroweak Standard Model of particle physics, is also a quantum field theory.
- The right application turned out to the unification of the electromagnetic and weak interactions into a single electroweak force.
- Indeed, the ‘grand unification ‘of the strong and electroweak interactions has still to be achieved.’