noun
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
• Syn: ↑quantum chromodynamics
• Hypernyms: ↑quantum field theory
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abbreviationquantum chromodynamics herein
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Physics.
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abbrev
Quantum chromodynamics
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QCD (no periods),
quantum chromodynamics: »
In the QCD theory quarks interact by exchanging a gluon (New Scientist).
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abbr. quantum chromodynamics
Useful english dictionary. 2012.