Definition of strangeness Strangeness

/stɹejˈnʤnʌs/ - [streynjnus] - strange•ness

We found 8 definitions of strangeness from 4 different sources.

What does strangeness mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: strangenesses
strangeness - (physics) one of the six flavors of quark
		flavor, flavour (physics) the six kinds of quarks
strangeness - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
		unfamiliarity
		familiarity an act of undue intimacy
		strange, foreign not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
		unusualness uncommonness by virtue of being unusual
		quirkiness, queerness, quirk, oddity, crotchet a narrow groove beside a beading
		eeriness, ghostliness strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
		freakishness, abnormality behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
		singularity the quality of being one of a kind; "that singularity distinguished him from all his companions"
		bizarreness, outlandishness, weirdness strikingly out of the ordinary
		quaintness strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"
		foreignness, curiousness
		nativeness the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
		strange, foreign not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
		quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
		exoticism, exoticness, exotism the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt"

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Wiktionary

strangeness (Noun)
The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
strangeness (Noun)
The product or result of being strange.
strangeness (Noun)
One of the quantum number s of subatomic particle s that depends upon the relative number of strange quark s and anti-strange quark s.