strangeness
noun
Simple meaning
Being alien or not native.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈstɹeɪndʒnəs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
uncountable
The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
The quality of being alien or not native
countable
The product or result of being strange.
particle physics
One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient
- Frequency
- Rare
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
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This meaning: The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
Used this way, strangeness is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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A quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1.
An elementary particle with non-zero strangeness.
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