strangeness

English

Etymology

From strange +‎ -ness.

Noun

Wikipedia strangeness (usually uncountable; plural strangenesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
2. (countable) The product or result of being strange.
3. (physics) one of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles that depends upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks

Translations

(uncountable) quality of being strange

• Arabic: غرابة (ar) (gharaaba) f
• French: étrangeté (fr) f
• Irish: éagsúlacht (ga) f

• Latvian: dīvainums (lv) m, dīvainība (lv) f
• Spanish: rareza (es) f

(countable) result of being strange

• French: étrangeté (fr) f

quantum number of subatomic particles

• French: étrangeté (fr) f

Synonyms

• (condition of being strange): oddity, weirdness

Related terms

• strange
• stranger
• strangely