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electroweak force

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electroweak force  (-lktr-wk)
A hypothetical force postulated to explain both the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force as two aspects of a single force.


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In the 1960s, theorists succeeded in reuniting the electromagnetic and weak forces into the so-called electroweak force.
The method also helps physicists construct so-called grand unified theories, which attempt to unify the electroweak force with the strong force that binds particles within the nucleus.
For example, so-called supersymmetric theories, which permit the unification of the strong and electroweak forces, posit the existence of partners for each of the matter-making fermions (leptons and quarks) and force-carrying bosons of the standard model.
 
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