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Weakly Interacting Massive Particle

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a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
possessive
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle's
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Weakly Interacting Massive Particles'