Meaning of gluon | Babel Free
ˈɡluː.ɒnDefinitions
A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
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Examples
“Naive realism might ask⟳ today: Tell⟳ me what space is in itself, not in terms of other things. Tell⟳ me what a gluon is at bottom, or a neutrino, or a charge.”
“The so-called spin⟳ crisis has had important effects beyond simply confronting theorists with a particularly sharp challenge⟳ to their incomplete understanding of quantum chromodynamics, the underlying field theory of quarks and the gluons that mediate their strong interactions.”
“Lattice QCD explores the particle realm by taking a different tack. It simulates quark and gluon behaviors by applying the full QCD theory to a tiny grid like⟳ facsimile of the space-time in which particles actually interact.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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