1. (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons; [syn: interaction, fundamental interaction]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fundamental interaction
n 1: (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary
particles or between an elementary particle and a field or
between fields; mediated by gauge bosons [syn:
interaction, fundamental interaction]