color force
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color force
n.
The force that holds quarks together, operating by means of the color charge.
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Noun | 1. | color force - (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" fundamental interaction, interaction - (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons |
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