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strangeness definition

strange·ness (strānj′nis)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being strange
  2. Particle Physics a property of quarks and certain other elementary particles that explains the longer lifetimes of these particles and is expressed as a quantum number with −1 meaning a particle (strange particle) has strangeness and 0 meaning a particle does not have strangeness

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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