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Higgs
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English
Alternative forms
en Hicks
Etymology
From en Hick s. From en Hick + the patronymic suffix en -s.
Pronunciation
en /hɪɡz/
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en ɪɡz 1
Proper noun
es
en patronymics.
Synonyms
en Hickson Hick Hicks
Adjective
-
pertaining to the en Higgs mechanism/Higgs force
Synonyms
en Higgsian
Derived terms
en Higgs factory Anderson-Higgs mechanism Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism Higgs boson Higgs-like Higgson Higgs field Higgs force Higgsian Higgsino Higgsless Higgs mechanism Higgs particle Higgs bison
Noun
en eponyms en physics en Higgs boson named for en Peter Higgs.
en July 2, 2012 Paul Rincon US sees stronger hints of Higgs bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18677808 July 2, 2012 The Higgs is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass. https://web.archive.org/web/20250715081728/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18677808 15 July 2025
Verb
en eponyms en physics to make subject to the Higgs mechanism
en Davide Gaiotto; Anton Kapustin; Nathan Seiberg; Brian Willett 2015-02-26 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)172 SpringerLink Generalized global symmetries When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to .
See also
en Higgs boson