Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation;
postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe;
[syn: weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
weakly interacting massive particle
n 1: a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that
interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation;
postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the
universe [syn: weakly interacting massive particle,
WIMP]