particle zoo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Initially nuclear zoo, from the effort to create a taxonomy of particles similar to the animal kingdom.

Noun[edit]

particle zoo (plural particle zoos)

  1. (physics, informal) The extensive list of known elementary particles.

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