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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The force that arises from the strong interaction of quarks.
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- noun physics The
color force , afundamental force that is associated with the strong bonds, created by the associatedbosons known asgluons , betweenquarks and othersubatomic particles . - noun physics, dated The
nuclear force , a residual force responsible for the interactions betweennucleons , deriving from thecolor force
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- noun (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the fact that it is stronger than the other fundamental forces and holds the nucleus together despite the mutual repulsion of protons.]
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