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elementary particles

n. (elementary particle English)

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And in other universes, physics may differ in still more dramatic ways: The list of elementary particles and forces may be completely distinct from ours, or, taking a cue from string theory, even the number of extended dimensions may differ, with some cramped universes having as few as zero or one large spatial dimension, while other expansive universes possess eight, nine, or even ten extended spatial dimensions.

Every atom is made from three kinds of elementary particles: protons, which have a positive electrical charge.

In so doing, we see that black holes and elementary particles, like water and ice, are two sides of the same coin.

So the question is: what are the truly elementary particles, the basic building blocks from which everything is made?

Of course, even for the heaviest elementary particles the Schwarzschild radius is far smaller than the Planck-Wheeler length, so quantum uncertainty would disrupt any potential event horizons, and perhaps even smooth away the singularity as well.

Coulter told me what it was, elementary particles, but that's all she called it.

They're called elementary particles because you can't break them down any further: there's nothing inside them but themselves.

Neutrinos are the most penetrating of the elementary particles known to us.

They're elementary particles, with no charge, and a tiny rest mass.