"strange matter" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} strange matter (uncountable)
  1. (physics) A proposed form of matter that includes strange quarks in addition to the usual up and down quarks of nuclear matter. Equivalently, a proposed very stable form of matter that protons and neutrons might decay into; matter composed of strangelets. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: strange quark matter Hypernyms: quark matter Holonyms: strange star Related terms: strangelet, strange quark, strange star
    Sense id: en-strange_matter-en-noun-aXjYtPZU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strange, matter. Tags: uncountable
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