strange particle

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   an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness

   Broaderelementary particle

Questions about strange particle

What does strange particle mean?

strange particle means "an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness".

Is strange particle a common word?

strange particle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.