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WIMP
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(WIMP)
Pronunciation:
/wɪmp/
noun
Physics
a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass which interacts only weakly with ordinary matter, postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe.
Origin:
1980s
: acronym from
weakly interacting massive particle
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