quantum chromodynamics

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quantum chromodynamics/krəʊməʊdʌɪˈnamɪks/

▶plural noun [treated as sing.] Physics a theory in which the strong interaction is described in terms of an interaction between quarks transmitted by gluons.

– origin chromodynamics from chromo-2 ‘colour’ (property of quarks) + dynamics.

'quantum chromodynamics' also found in these Oxford entries:

chromodynamics - QCD

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