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Strangeness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    unusualness as a consequence of not being well known wordnet
  3. 3
    The product or result of being strange. countable, usually
  4. 4
    the quality of being alien or not native wordnet
  5. 5
    One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks. particle, uncountable, usually

    "Mesons which combine the charmed quark with the up or down antiquarks are denoted the D mesons. These mesons carry explicit charm (i.e. have a non-zero charm quantum number), just as the K mesons carry strangeness."

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  1. 6
    (physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third lightest of all quarks wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.

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