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strangeness
[ streynj-nis ]
noun
- the quality or condition of being strange.
- Physics. a quantum number assigned the value −1 for one kind of quark, +1 for its antiquark, and 0 for all other quarks; the strangeness of a hadron is the sum of the values for the strangeness of its constituent quarks and antiquarks. : S
strangeness
/ ˈstreɪndʒnɪs /
noun
- the state or quality of being strange
- physics a property of certain elementary particles, characterized by a quantum number ( strangeness number ) conserved in strong and electromagnetic but not in weak interactions. It is associated with the presence of strange quarks
strangeness
/ strānj′nĭs /
- The property of containing a strange quark or antiquark. Strangeness is expressed in terms of an integer quantum number, −1 for each strange quark and +1 for each strange antiquark. Hadrons that possess strangeness are called strange . The total strangeness of a quantum system is unchanged by decay processes involving the strong or electromagnetic forces; however, decay through the weak force can change the total strangeness of the system.
- See also baryon number
Word History and Origins
Origin of strangeness1
Example Sentences
The sounds, those seductively embracing and those frightfully howling in the wind, became an acknowledged life in all its strangeness, the animal kingdom as counselor to our uncertainties, indulgences and differences.
Guillermo Cienfuegos, who directed Rogue Machine’s superb production of “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” leans into the strangeness of “Evanston” without losing sight of the delicate amiability that marks the characters’ twisted behavior.
If we allow it, we can be taught all sorts of things by all manner of life’s cornucopia of beauty and strangeness.
The use of the miniatures is so striking, there’s just a strangeness to the movie, a feeling that something’s not quite right.
And so, the strangeness of the setup, really, informed the way we shot it.
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