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quantum chromodynamics

noun plural but singular in construction

Definition of QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS

:  a theory of fundamental particles based on the assumption that quarks are distinguished by differences in color and are held together (as in hadrons) by an exchange of gluons
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First Known Use of QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS

1975

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