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electroweak comparison table

Subject	has carrier boson	is a kind of	has synonym	has definition
fundamental force		force		One of four fundamental forces which mediate particle interaction.
electroweak	vector boson	fundamental force	weak force	Responsible for certain kinds of radioactivity; for example, the disintegration of a neutron into a proton, electron, and antineutrino.

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