strong interaction

Noun
  1. (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms;
    Mediated by gluons (synset 111537252)
    referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    is a type of: fundamental interaction, interaction - (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
    same as: color force, strong force

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