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Meaning of hypercolor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical attractive force that binds prequarks together by the exchange of hypergluons, analogous to the exchange of gluons by the color force, which binds quarks together.
    uncountable
  2. A line of clothing, mainly T-shirts and shorts, that change color when exposed to heat.
    attributive, uncountable

Examples

“We explore a model based on the classically-scale invariant standard model (SM) with a strongly coupled vector-like dynamics, which is called hypercolor (HC).”
“[…] hypercolor T-shirts and coffee dates […]”
“It's all over my blue hyper-color shirt...dammit; I've had this shirt for years. It changes color and everything...”
“When I was in middle school, there was a brief craze for “hypercolor” T-shirts, which changed color (mine went from blue to pink) when someone pressed their hand against the fabric.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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