color charge

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Definition of color charge in English English dictionary

In the Standard Model of particle physics, a property possessed by quarks, anti-quarks, and gluons that determine rules for how these particles may interact. There are three pairs of colors and anti-colors -- named red, green, and blue, and their corresponding anti-colors (e.g., anti-red). The terminology has nothing to do with visible color

Related Terms

color charges

plural form of color charge

colour charge

Alternative spelling of color charge

Hyphenation

col·or charge

Turkish pronunciation

kôlır çärc

Pronunciation

/ˈkôlər ˈʧärʤ/ /ˈkɔːlɜr ˈʧɑːrʤ/