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COLOR FORCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does color force mean?
• COLOR FORCE (noun)
The noun COLOR FORCE has 1 sense:
1. (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons
Familiarity information: COLOR FORCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
color force; strong force; strong interaction
Hypernyms ("color force" is a kind of...):
fundamental interaction; interaction ((physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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