"Q-ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Q-ball.ogg [Australia] Forms: Q-balls [plural]
Etymology: Q (“charge”) + ball, coined by physicist Sidney Coleman. In physics, charge is often represented by the letter Q, and the soliton is spherically symmetric. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Q|ball|t1=charge}} Q (“charge”) + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} Q-ball (plural Q-balls)
  1. A charged soliton that represents the lowest possible energy state of its components and is therefore stable.
    Sense id: en-Q-ball-en-noun-NwkcZT8B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-Q-ball.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Q-ball
  1. (slang) An illicit drug made up from quetiapine and cocaine. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Q-ball-en-noun-P02aH0VJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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