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noun
A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gauge boson
History
From glue + -on. From being a particle (suffix "-on") that "glues" (attracts) together particles that feel the force carried by the gluon. Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1962.
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