strangeness

English

Etymology

From strange +‎ -ness.

Noun

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, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.

Synonyms

• (condition of being strange): oddity, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness

Related terms

• strange
• stranger
• strangely

Translations

(uncountable) quality of being strange

• Arabic: غَرَابَة f (ḡarāba)
• Catalan: estranyesa f
• French: étrangeté (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀτοπία f (atopía)

• Irish: éagsúlacht f, aduaine f
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• Latvian: dīvainums m, dīvainība f
• Lezgi: къарибвал (q̄aribval)
• Romanian: raritate (ro)
• Russian: стра́нность (ru) f (stránnostʹ)
• Spanish: rareza (es) f, extrañeza (es) f, extrañez (es) f

(countable) result of being strange

• French: étrangeté (fr) f
• Romanian: raritate (ro) f
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• Russian: стра́нность (ru) f (stránnostʹ)
• Spanish: rareza (es) f, extrañeza (es) f, extrañez (es) f

quantum number of subatomic particles

• French: étrangeté (fr) f
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• Spanish: extrañeza (es) f, extrañez (es) f