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strange particle
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noun Physics.
any elementary particle with a strangeness quantum number other than zero.
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Origin of strange particle
First recorded in 1955â60; originally so called because of the anomalously long decay time of such particles
Words nearby strange particle
strange attractor, strange bedfellows, Strange Interlude, strange matter, strangeness, strange particle, strange quark, stranger, stranger rape, stranger's gallery, strange star
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Scientific definitions for strange particle
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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