strangelet

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noun

A proposed fragment of strange matter, consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks.

OriginEnglish strange ← Middle English straunge ← Anglo-Norman estraunge →
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Meanings

nounstrangelet (plural strangelets)

plural strangelets

  1. natural sciencesA proposed fragment of strange matter, consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  3. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  4. Latinexter
  5. Latinextrā
  6. Latinextrāneus
  7. Old Frenchestrange
  8. Anglo-Normanestraunge
  9. Middle Englishstraunge
  10. Englishstrange
  11. Englishstrangelet

From strange + -let.

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Translations

Finnish outokainen
  • outokainenProposed fragment of strange matter
Russian стра́пелька, странгле́т
  • стра́пелька (strápelʹka)Proposed fragment of strange matter
  • странгле́т (stranglét)Proposed fragment of strange matter
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Chicago

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