Quantum chromodynamics
WordNet
noun
(1) A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
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Noun
quantum chromodynamics
- A quantum field theory in particle physics which describes the strong interaction of quarks and gluons employing the concept of color charge.