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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
strange matter en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
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(uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strange, matter.
Forms
Holonyms
strange star
Hypernyms
quark matter
Relateds
strange star · strangelet · strange quark