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elementary particle

quantum particle having no known substructure; quark, electron, photon, etc.
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Summary

elementary particle is a type of quantum particle[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type of quantum particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,934 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: indivisible particle[3], elementary object[4]
  • Part of: composite particle[5]
  • Commons category: Elementary particles[6]
  • Said to be the same as: fundamental particle[7]
  • Opposite of: composite particle[8]
  • Interaction: gravity[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Elementary particles[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Elementary particles[12]
  • Different from: quantum particle[13], indivisible particle[14]
  • Antiparticle: elementary particle[15]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

elementary particle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schoenitzer (MichaelSchoenitzer)-Eleme
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-cząstka elementarna.wav"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['3XrUtP', '1w0B25']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003087-elementarni-castice
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003087-elementarni-castice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic has template → Template:Elementary particles
    Instance of → type of quantum particle
    Opposite of → composite particle
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uz, nds, mn */ Add 3 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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