Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strong_interaction

1 sense of strong interaction

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strong interaction, strong force, color force -- ((physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons)
       => interaction, fundamental interaction -- ((physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons)