strangeness

English

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
  • (countable) The product or result of being strange.
  • (physics) One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.

Etymology

Suffix from English strange.

Origin

English

strange

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