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S0793800 (strānj′nĭs)n.1. The quality or condition of being strange.2. Physics a. A quantum property of strange quarks and of hadrons that contain strange quarks that is conserved in electromagnetic and strong interactions, but may not be conserved in weak interactions that cause the decay of strange hadrons.b. The quantum number represented by this property, equal to the difference between the number of strange antiquarks and the number of strange quarks.

strangeness

(ˈstreɪndʒnɪs) n1. the state or quality of being strange2. (General Physics) 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

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(ˈstreɪndʒ nɪs)

n. 1. the state, quality, or condition of being strange. 2. Physics. the quantized property assigned to the strange quark. [1350–1400]

Strangeness

Alien and mysterious and uncanny, like sleeping out in the jungle alone —Christopher Isherwood
Eerie as a man carving his own epitaph —William Mcllvanney
Miraculous as fire in the snow —Sam Shepard
Mysterious as an Agatha Christie story with the last page torn out —James Brooke
Mysterious as cells seen under a microscope —Ann Beattie
In Beattie’s story, Janus, the comparison refers to the bits of color in a ceramic bowl.
Mysterious as tea leaves —Vincent Canby
Mystery emanated from her like a fire alarm —Richard Ford
Peculiar as a middle-aged man undressed —David Denby
Queer as a green kielbasa —Petter Meinke
A colloquialism on the same theme: “Queer as a three dollar bill.”
Queer as a jaybird —Anon
The scenes and incidents had the strangeness of the transcendental, as if they were snatches torn from lives on other planets that had somehow drifted to the earth —Boris Pasternak
Strange as a wedding without a bridegroom —Anon
Strange, eerie: like something out of a fairy tale —T. Coraghessan Boyle

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The following words can all be used to describe someone whose character or appearance is different from that of most other people:

bizarre	curious	extraordinary	funny	interesting
odd	peculiar	queer	strange	striking
unusual	weird

If you say, for example, 'She's odd' or 'She's an odd woman', you are talking about someone's character. If you say 'She looks odd' or 'She has an odd face', you are describing her appearance.

1. 'unusual'

Unusual is a neutral word which does not show approval or disapproval.

I was not prepared for this unusual man.They have replanted many areas with rare and unusual plants.2. 'interesting' and 'striking'

Interesting and striking are used to indicate approval. Striking is only used to describe someone's appearance, not their character.

...filling your life up with interesting new acquaintances.You've got a very interesting face. Striking.3. 'extraordinary'

When extraordinary is used to describe someone's character, it usually indicates approval.

She was an extraordinary, fascinating woman.4. other words

Bizarre, curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, strange, and weird indicate amusement or disapproval when they are used to describe people.

His old school tie and blazer looked distinctly bizarre.There was something a bit odd about this woman.The girl was wearing a very peculiar trouser suit.He's different. He's weird.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	strangeness - unusualness as a consequence of not being well knownunfamiliarityunusualness - uncommonness by virtue of being unusualqueerness, quirk, quirkiness, oddity, crotchet - a strange attitude or habiteeriness, ghostliness - strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fearfreakishness, abnormality - marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormalsingularity - strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusualbizarreness, outlandishness, weirdness - strikingly out of the ordinaryquaintness - strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"eccentricity - strange and unconventional behavior
	2.	strangeness - (physics) one of the six flavors of quarkflavour, flavor - (physics) the six kinds of quarkshigh energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics - the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
	3.	strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"foreignness, curiousnessquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareexoticism, exoticness, exotism - the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt"alienage, alienism - the quality of being alien

strangeness

noun oddity, abnormality, peculiarity, weirdness, unfamiliarity, unexpectedness, bizarreness, unusualness, freakishness, outlandishness, curiousness the breathy strangeness of the music

Translations

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(streindʒ) adjective1. not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or foreign. What would you do if you found a strange man in your house?; Whenever you're in a strange country, you should take the opportunity of learning the language.陌生的2. unusual, odd or queer. She had a strange look on her face; a strange noise.奇怪的ˈstrangely adverb生疏地ˈstrangeness noun陌生ˈstranger noun1. a person who is unknown to oneself. I've met her once before, so she's not a complete stranger (to me).陌生人2. a visitor. I can't tell you where the post office is – I'm a stranger here myself.游览者strange to say/tell/relate surprisingly. Strange to say, he did pass his exam after all.说也奇怪strangely enough it is strange (that). He lives next door, but strangely enough I rarely see him.真够奇怪

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noun oddity

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noun unusualness as a consequence of not being well known

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noun (physics) one of the six flavors of quark

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noun the quality of being alien or not native

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