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quark-gluon plasma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
quark-glu-on -plas-ma
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

quark-gluon plasmas (plural)

Synonyms

quark matter QCD matter quagma

Questions

What does quark-gluon plasma mean?
A predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light.

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