strangeness (noun)

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• strangeness — strange ► ADJECTIVE 1) unusual or surprising. 2) not previously visited, seen, or encountered. 3) (strange to/at/in) archaic unaccustomed to or unfamiliar with. 4) Physics denoting one of the six flavours of quark. DERIVATIVES strangely adverb …   English terms dictionary

• strangeness number — noun see strangeness II, 2 * * * strangeness number see ↑strangeness above. • • • Main Entry: ↑strange …   Useful english dictionary

• strangeness — noun Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being strange 2. the flavor characterizing a strange quark …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• strangeness — noun a) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird. b) The product or result of being strange. Syn: oddity, weirdness See Also: strange …   Wiktionary

• strangeness — noun 1》 the state or fact of being strange. 2》 Physics one of the six flavours of quark …   English new terms dictionary

• strangeness — /ˈstreɪndʒnəs/ (say straynjnuhs) noun 1. the fact or quality of being strange. 2. Physics a quantum number used to account for the slowness with which certain transformations between elementary particles happen …  

• strange — 1 /streIndZ/ adjective 1 unusual or surprising, especially in a way that is difficult to explain or understand: a strange noise | Does Geoff s behaviour seem strange to you? | that s strange spoken: That s strange. I was sure Jude was right here… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• strange — I UK [streɪndʒ] / US adjective Word forms strange : adjective strange comparative stranger superlative strangest *** Metaphor: A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way is like someone who comes from a different place or is in a different… …   English dictionary

• strange — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unusual or surprising. 2) not previously visited, seen, or encountered. 3) (strange to/at/in) archaic unaccustomed to or unfamiliar with. 4) Physics denoting one of the six flavours of quark. DERIVATIVES strangely adverb …   English terms dictionary

• strangely — strange ► ADJECTIVE 1) unusual or surprising. 2) not previously visited, seen, or encountered. 3) (strange to/at/in) archaic unaccustomed to or unfamiliar with. 4) Physics denoting one of the six flavours of quark. DERIVATIVES strangely adverb …   English terms dictionary

• outlandishness — noun strikingly out of the ordinary • Syn: ↑bizarreness, ↑weirdness • Derivationally related forms: ↑weird (for: ↑weirdness), ↑bizarre (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary