🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Partícula fundamental

Pronunciation / Transliteration: par-ti-cu-la fun-da-men-tal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fundamental Particle/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl ˈpɑːr.tɪ.kəl/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15000 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los electrones son partículas fundamentales."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A subatomic particle that is not made up of smaller particles and is a fundamental constituent of matter.

    "Electrons and quarks are examples of fundamental particles that make up atoms."
  2. 2

    Any of the basic particles in the Standard Model of particle physics.

    "The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle that gives mass to other particles."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'fundamental' originates from the Latin 'fundamentalis', meaning 'pertaining to the foundation'. 'Particle' comes from the Latin 'particula', a diminutive of 'pars', meaning 'part'. Together, they describe the basic building blocks of matter, a concept that has evolved significantly since the early 20th century with advancements in particle physics.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Fundamental Particle"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Fundamental Particle"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Fundamental Particle" Synonym Map