| grand unified theory | has synonym grand unification |  |
| has acronym GUT | |
| has definition Class of theories that purport to reveal identities linking the strong and electroweak forces. The differences between these forces in nature today is attributed to the breaking of symmetrical relationships among force-carrying particles as the very early universe expanded and cooled. | |
| has definition A speculative class of theories of particle interactions, first developed in 1974, which attempt to describe electromagnetism, the weak interactions, and the strong interactions in a fully unified theory. Of the known forces, only gravitation is omitted. | |
| has definition Theory in physics that attempt to explain the forces of nature as manifestations of a single underlying force. | |
| has definition An attempt to produce a unification of all the forces of nature. While some success was made in unifying the gluon force between quarks with the electroweak force, problems always arose when gravity was included. Grand unification eventually gave way to superstring theory. | |
| has definition Class of theories that merge all three nongravitational forces into a single theoretical framework. | |
| is a kind of unified theory | |
| theory | has validity correct or incorrect with caveats | |
| has author or reasearch group | |
| has domain a field of research | |
| has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active | |
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