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/ɛlɪˈmɛntəri pɑrtɪkəlz/ · e-le-men-ta-ry par-ti-cles
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- Fundamental particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons, and quarks. Physicists have long sought to understand the properties of elementary particles, which are the building blocks of matter.
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- The basic components of a system or process, often used to describe the simplest units of analysis. In economics, elementary particles can refer to the individual units of a market, such as consumers or producers.
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Did you know? The concept of elementary particles has led to numerous Nobel Prizes in Physics, including those awarded to Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and Steven Weinberg, among others.