(physics) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.

plural of gluon

(physics) A predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light.

plural of quark-gluon plasma

(physics) Of, pertaining to, or mediated by gluons.

(physics) glueball

(physics) radiation consisting of gluons

(physics) The study of gluons, gluonium, and the strong interaction.

plural of gluonium

plural of gluonium