particle physics

1. 1.

   the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions

   Synonymshigh-energy physicshigh energy physics

   Broaderphysics

Questions about particle physics

What does particle physics mean?

particle physics means "the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions".

What is another word for particle physics?

Close synonyms include high-energy physics, high energy physics. 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 particle physics a common word?

particle physics 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.