sparticle

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English s-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis?
Proto-Italic *partis
Latin pars
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -cula
Latin particula
Middle French particule
English particle
English sparticle

    From s- + particle.

    Noun

    sparticle (plural sparticles)

    1. (particle physics) Any subatomic particle predicted by supersymmetry; the boson equivalent of a known fermion.

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