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Elementary particle
WordNet
noun
(1) (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
WiktionaryText
Noun
fundamental particle
- any of the subatomic particles that does not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks