strangeness

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from straungenesse

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.

  2. The product or result of being strange.

  3. One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of…

    One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for strangeness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA