Glueball Definition

glo͝obôl
noun
A hypothetical meson consisting of a bundle of gluons and containing no valence quarks.
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Other Word Forms of Glueball

Noun

Singular:
glueball
Plural:
glueballs

Origin of Glueball

  • glue (because gluons mediate the strong interaction that binds quarks together) ball

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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