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sombrero
noun
som·bre·ro
səm-ˈbrer-(ˌ)ō 
säm-
plural sombreros
: an often high-crowned hat of felt or straw with a very wide brim worn especially in the Southwest and Mexico
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Wearing a dodger sombrero in honor of Fernando‘s birthday today is Raymond Solorzano, of South Gate.
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Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The curve that represents the energy required for different settings of the Higgs field was always known to resemble a sombrero with an upturned brim.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
For the Higgs field, the curvature of the sombrero’s brim is determined by the mass of the Higgs boson, the elementary particle that conveys the Higgs field’s effects, which was discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
By comparing the mass of the Higgs boson to that of the top quark, physicists now think that the sombrero most likely dips down again.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
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Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The curve that represents the energy required for different settings of the Higgs field was always known to resemble a sombrero with an upturned brim.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
For the Higgs field, the curvature of the sombrero’s brim is determined by the mass of the Higgs boson, the elementary particle that conveys the Higgs field’s effects, which was discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
By comparing the mass of the Higgs boson to that of the top quark, physicists now think that the sombrero most likely dips down again.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
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“Sombrero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sombrero. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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sombrero
noun
som·bre·ro
səm-ˈbre(ə)r-ō
säm-
plural sombreros
: a tall hat with a very wide brim worn especially in the Southwest and Mexico
Etymology
from Spanish sombrero "a wide-brimmed hat," from sombra "shade"
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