English Explanatory Dictionary

strange matter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proposed form of matter that includes strange quarks in addition to the usual up and down quarks of nuclear matter. Equivalently, a proposed very stable form of matter that protons and neutrons might decay into; matter composed of strangelets.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strange, matter.

Word forms

strange matter strange quark matter

Related words

strangelet strange quark strange star
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