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strange particle

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strange particle
n.
An unstable elementary particle created in high-energy particle collisions having a short life and a strangeness quantum number other than zero.
strange particle
Any of various unstable elementary particles, having a short half-life and a nonzero strangeness quantum number. Sigma and xi baryons, for example, are strange particles.
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Noun1.strange particle - an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness
elementary particle, fundamental particle - (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
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