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Gluon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A hypothetical massless, neutral elementary particle believed to mediate the strong interaction that binds quarks together.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.

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n. a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks

Word Usage

"One of the bosons there are four flavours sticks them together and is called a gluon, which sounds like glue and is therefore probably the easiest concept out of all of this comprehend."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gauge boson

Form

gluonic

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