strong force
English
Noun
strong force (plural strong forces)
- (physics) The color force, a fundamental force that is associated with the strong bonds, created by the associated bosons known as gluons, between quarks and other subatomic particles.
- (physics, dated) The nuclear force, a residual force responsible for the interactions between nucleons, deriving from the color force
Synonyms
- (color): strong nuclear force, color force / colour force
- (nucleon): nuclear force, residiual strong force
See also
- quantum chromodynamics
- strong interaction
- strong electroweak theory
- colour charge / color charge