strangeness

[streynj-nis] /ˈstreɪndʒ nɪs/

noun

the quality or condition of being strange.

Physics. a quantum number assigned the value −1 for one kind of quark, +1 for its antiquark, and 0 for all other quarks; the strangeness of a hadron is the sum of the values for the strangeness of its constituent quarks and antiquarks. Symbol: S.

Compare strange quark.

Origin

1350-1400; Middle English; see strange, -ness

Examples from the web for strangeness

At their best, science fiction and theology can leave us awestruck before the unutterable strangeness and vastness of the cosmos.
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Romanticism is a short cut to the strangeness without the reality, and it leads its disciples only back upon themselves.
But they're fascinated by the unending strangeness of the mindless, evil beeping.
The strangeness of quantum reality is far from the only argument against the old model of reality.
Finally, she lets him partner her, but their duet has a note of strangeness and difficulty.
And then there was the strangeness of what could be read.
Above all else, modern fantasy is the literature of strangeness.
The ideal landscape was always a cultivated one, in such accounts, and mountains were full of strangeness and danger.
Instead the tableau had a theatrical strangeness and a new kind of perplexing social resonance.

British Dictionary definitions for strangeness

strangeness

/ˈstreɪndʒnɪs/

noun

the state or quality of being strange

(physics) a property of certain elementary particles, characterized by a quantum number (strangeness number) conserved in strong and electromagnetic but not in weak interactions. It is associated with the presence of strange quarks

strangeness in Science

strangeness

(strānj'nĭs)
The property of containing a strange quark or antiquark. Strangeness is expressed in terms of an integer quantum number, -1 for each strange quark and +1 for each strange antiquark. Hadrons that possess strangeness are called strange. The total strangeness of a quantum system is unchanged by decay processes involving the strong or electromagnetic forces; however, decay through the weak force can change the total strangeness of the system. See also baryon number, isospin.