Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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initialism | Yes | No | No | No |
weakly interacting massive particle | Yes | No | No | No |
initialism (noun) | weakly interacting massive particle (noun) |
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an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately | a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe |
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word |