strange matter
Americannoun
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A new physics result two decades in the making has found a surprisingly complex path for the production of strange matter within atoms.
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023
In this particular case, a group of researchers focused on one variety of strange matter, called lambda particles.
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023
In 2014, Slate asked around physics and science communication circles and came up with a list of women no less deserving than men honored for diodes or strange matter.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2016
It seems a strange matter to us now that Charles Dickens should have been ashamed of the blacking-bottle episode of his boyhood.
From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.
And though entrance was made difficult, most of the influential members of the community were assembled to hear the inquiry into this strange matter.
From The Diamond Pin by Wells, Carolyn
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