How to Use quantum chromodynamics in a Sentence

quantum chromodynamics

noun
  • The strong force is also the most mysterious and confusing force, governed by a complex theory called quantum chromodynamics.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Still, the new research opens a new experimental route to study vacuum properties and the mass-generation process predicted by quantum chromodynamics.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
  • For the project, the group simulated hundreds of snapshots of four-dimensional (4D) spacetime with lattice quantum chromodynamics.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
  • The relation is derived partially from the principles of quantum chromodynamics, or QCD, which is the theory of how the strong force binds particles called quarks to form particles such as neutrons.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The quantum field theory describing it, called quantum chromodynamics, or QCD, is mathematically much more complex than the theory of the electromagnetic field.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider have observed particles emerging directly from empty space for the first time, confirming a long-standing prediction of quantum chromodynamics.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The result spurred Khoury and two Pennsylvania colleagues, Meng-Xiang Lin and Mark Trodden, to construct a model of dark interactions based on a dark-sector analogue of quantum chromodynamics, a cornerstone theory of particle physics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2026

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