elementary particle

Questions about elementary particle

What does elementary particle mean?

elementary particle means "(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter".

What is another word for elementary particle?

Close synonyms include fundamental particle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elementary particle a common word?

elementary particle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.