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noun Physics.

the interaction between gluons and between gluons and quarks that is responsible for the strong force.

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Origin of strong interaction

First recorded in 1945–50

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“We don’t think there could have been giant impacts, or strong interactions where one planet ejected another planet,” Leleu says.
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Despite the strong language, however, the neither the JPO nor Lockheed could dispute a single fact in either Daily Beast report.
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She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
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After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
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In a romantic relationship, facing humiliation or awkwardness is a strong possibility.
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The strong ties he would cultivate with America were first instilled by his American mother.
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She skilfully manages the side-lights, and by this means produces strong effects.
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The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
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The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
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Those in whom the impulse is strong and dominant are perhaps those who in later years make the good society actors.
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In Luke it is said, “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”
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British Dictionary definitions for strong interaction

strong interaction

strong force

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physics an interaction between elementary particles responsible for the forces between nucleons in the nucleus. It operates at distances less than about 10 –15 metres, and is about a hundred times more powerful than the electromagnetic interactionAlso called: strong nuclear interaction, strong nuclear force See interaction (def. 2)

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strong interaction

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