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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|Hicks}}

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|Hick|s}}. From {{m|en|Hick}} + the patronymic suffix {{m|en|-s}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/hɪɡz/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Higgs.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪɡz|s=1}}

===Proper noun===
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# {{surname|en|from=patronymics}}.

====Synonyms====
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|Hickson
|Hick
|Hicks
}}

===Adjective===
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# pertaining to the {{m|en|[[Higgs mechanism]]/[[Higgs force]]}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|Higgsian}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|Higgs factory|Anderson-Higgs mechanism|Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
|Higgs boson
|Higgs field
|Higgs force
|Higgsian
|Higgsino
|Higgsless
|Higgs mechanism
|Higgs particle
|Higgs bison
}}

===Noun===
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# {{cln|en|eponyms}} {{lb|en|physics}} {{ellipsis of|en|Higgs boson}}; named for {{w|lang=en|Peter Higgs}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date=July 2, 2012|author=Paul Rincon|title=US sees stronger hints of Higgs|site=bbc.co.uk|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18677808|accessdate=July 2, 2012|passage=The [[Higgs]] is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass.}}

===Verb===
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# {{cln|en|eponyms}} {{lb|en|physics}} to make subject to the [[Higgs mechanism]]
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Davide Gaiotto; Anton Kapustin; Nathan Seiberg; Brian Willett|date=2015-02-26|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)172|site=SpringerLink|title=Generalized global symmetries|passage=When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is '''Higgsed''' to <math>\mathbb Z_n</math>.}}

===See also===
* {{pedia|lang=en|Higgs boson}}