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STRONG INTERACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strong interaction mean? 

STRONG INTERACTION (noun)
  The noun STRONG INTERACTION has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluonsplay

  Familiarity information: STRONG INTERACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRONG INTERACTION (noun)


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 ("strong interaction" 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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