QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS


Meaning of QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS in English

■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] Physics a theory in which the strong interaction is described in terms of an interaction between quarks transmitted by gluons.

Origin

chromodynamics from chromo- 2 'colour' (property of quarks) + dynamics .

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