Word: bosonizing
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: bo
so
ni
zing
Definition: Present participle of bosonize. To describe a particle or system as if it were a boson and followed Bose-Einstein statistics.
Morphemes:
Affix: boson
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.