weakly interacting massive particle

Noun

Meaning

weakly interacting massive particle (plural weakly interacting massive particles)

(astronomy, physics) A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

wimp

Hypernyms

elementary particle fundamental particle

Close letter words and terms

weakly weakly cardinal weakly contractible weakly symmetric matter weakly-typed weakminded