nnoun.cognitiona theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks togetherSynset:QCD quantum chromodynamics
Hypernyms:quantum field theory
Inherited Hypernyms:quantum chromodynamicsquantum field theoryquantum physicsphysicsnatural sciencesciencedisciplineknowledge domaincontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity