strangeness

strange·ness  (strnjns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being strange.

2. Physics A quantum number equal to hypercharge minus baryon number, indicating the possible transformations of an elementary particle upon strong interaction with another elementary particle.

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strangeness [ˈstreɪndʒnɪs]

n

1. the state or quality of being strange

2. (Physics / General Physics) Physics a property of certain elementary particles, characterized by a quantum number (strangeness number) conserved in strong and electromagnetic but not in weak interactions. It is associated with the presence of strange quarks

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strangeness  (strnjns)

The property of containing a strange quark or antiquark. Strangeness is expressed in terms of an integer quantum number, -1 for each strange quark and +1 for each strange antiquark. Hadrons that possess strangeness are called strange. The total strangeness of a quantum system is unchanged by decay processes involving the strong or electromagnetic forces; however, decay through the weak force can change the total strangeness of the system. See also baryon numberisospin

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	strangeness - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known unfamiliarity unusualness - uncommonness by virtue of being unusual queerness, quirk, quirkiness, oddity, crotchet - a strange attitude or habit eeriness, ghostliness - strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear freakishness, abnormality - marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal singularity - strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual bizarreness, outlandishness, weirdness - strikingly out of the ordinary quaintness - strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness" eccentricity - strange and unconventional behavior
	2.	strangeness - (physics) one of the six flavors of quark flavour, flavor - (physics) the six kinds of quarks high energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics - the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
	3.	strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" foreignness, curiousness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare exoticism, exoticness, exotism - the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt" alienage, alienism - the quality of being alien

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strangeness

noun oddity, abnormality, peculiarity, weirdness, unfamiliarity, unexpectedness, bizarreness, unusualness, freakishness, outlandishness, curiousness the breathy strangeness of the music

Translations

strangeness [ˈstreɪndʒnɪs] N

1. (= oddness) → lo extraño, rareza f

2. (= unfamiliarity) → novedad f

strangeness [ˈstreɪndʒnəs] n → étrangeté f

strangeness

n

(= oddness) → Seltsamkeit f, → Merkwürdigkeit f

(= unfamiliarity) → Fremdheit f; (of work, activity) → Ungewohntheit f