a hypothetical particle believed to mediate the weak interaction between elementary particles
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interme′diate vec′tor bos′on, [Physics.]
- Physicsone of the three particles that are believed to transmit the weak force: the positively charged W particle, the negatively charged W particle, and the neutral Z0 particle.
- 1965–70
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