strong force
noun
: a fundamental physical force that acts on hadrons and is responsible for the binding together of protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and for processes of particle creation in high-energy collisions and that is the strongest known fundamental physical force but acts only over distances comparable to those between nucleons in an atomic nucleus
called also strong interaction, strong nuclear force
compare electromagnetism sense 2a, gravity sense 3a(2), weak forceExamples of strong force in a Sentence
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Not waiting around for formal doctrine to catch up, this Christian community is a strong force for ecumenical collaboration.
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Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
The original point of axions was to solve a mystery involving the strong force.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024
The pressure map shows the attraction of the strong force extending all the way out to 1.4 femtometers and beyond, bolstering the argument for such alternative theories.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024
Freese suspects the strong force would join them if particle accelerators could reach energies high enough to simulate the even hotter, even younger universe in which the particles mediating the strong force would appear.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2023
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Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
The original point of axions was to solve a mystery involving the strong force.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024
The pressure map shows the attraction of the strong force extending all the way out to 1.4 femtometers and beyond, bolstering the argument for such alternative theories.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024
Freese suspects the strong force would join them if particle accelerators could reach energies high enough to simulate the even hotter, even younger universe in which the particles mediating the strong force would appear.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2023
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