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ALL meanings of gluon

glu·on
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  • noun gluon an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons. 1
  • noun gluon A subatomic particle of a class that is thought to bind quarks together. 1
  • noun gluon (physics) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force. 0
  • noun gluon a hypothetical particle believed to be exchanged between quarks in order to bind them together to form particles 0
  • noun gluon a quantum of energy or massless particle postulated to carry the force that binds quarks together within subatomic particles 0
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