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gluon

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡluː.ɒn/Part of speech nounSorted glnouStarts with GEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks

Word origin

From glue + -on. From being a particle (suffix "-on") that "glues" (attracts) together particles that feel the force carried by the gluon. Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1962.

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  • 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.

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