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gluons
n. (plural of gluon English)
Usage examples of "gluons".
Similarly, the gluons and weak gauge bosons are the messenger particles for the strong and weak nuclear forces.
Particles like photons, weak gauge bosons, and gluons are yet other resonant patterns of string vibration.
You can think of gluons as the microscopic ingredient in the strong glue holding atomic nuclei together.
The theory contained configurations of vibrating string that had properties akin to those of gluons, substantiating its early claim of being a theory of the strong force.