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strong interaction

noun

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


strong interaction

noun

  1. physics an interaction between elementary particles responsible for the forces between nucleons in the nucleus. It operates at distances less than about 10 –15metres, and is about a hundred times more powerful than the electromagnetic interaction Also calledstrong nuclear interactionstrong nuclear force See interaction
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Origin of strong interaction1

First recorded in 1945–50
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The researchers constructed an interaction network between Symbiodiniaceae and fungi in corals, which indicated that restricting fungal parasitism and strong interaction network resilience would promote heat acclimatization of corals.

A down-page caveat, however, politely adds the “age of viewer had an effect, but not always in a simple way and there was often a strong interaction with gender.”

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“I am starting to think about how to perform my simulations of strong interaction physics and atomic nuclei if I had a quantum computer that was viable.”

She recently worked on a model involving CP violation in the strong interaction of the quarks inside protons and neutrons, for instance, and theorists are looking into many other ideas as well.

The spherical shape lets us pack a high density of nucleic acid “spines” into a small space, and that density creates a strong interaction with receptors on cell surfaces that admit the particles inside.

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