colour force

English

Noun

colour force (plural colour forces)

1. (nuclear physics) A fundamental force that is associated with the strong nuclear force, created by the associated bosons known as gluons, between quarks and other subatomic particles, by way of the colour charge

Synonyms

• (color): strong force, strong nuclear force
• (nucleon): nuclear force, residual strong force

See also

• quantum chromodynamics
• strong interaction
• strong electroweak theory
• color interaction / colour interaction