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Meaning of gigaelectron volt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One thousand million electron volts, abbreviated as GeV

Equivalents

Français gigaélectron volt
Italiano gigaelettronvolt

Examples

“The CMS team claimed they had seen a "bump" in their data corresponding to a particle weighing in at 125.3 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) - about 133 times heavier than the protons that lie at the heart of every atom. They claimed that by combining two data sets, they had attained a confidence level just at the "five-sigma" point - about a one-in-3.5 million chance that the signal they see would appear if there were no Higgs particle.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

gigaelectronvolt gigafactory gigafire gigaflop gigagauss gigagram

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