strange /strānj/ adjective- Alien
- From elsewhere
- Not of one's own place, family, or circle
- Not one's own
- Not formerly known or experienced
- Unfamiliar (often with to)
- Foreign (Shakespeare)
- Interestingly unusual
- Odd
- Surprising
- Not easy to explain
- (of an elementary particle) exhibiting strangeness
- Estranged
- Like a stranger
- Distant or reserved
- Shy
- Unacquainted, unversed (often with to)
- Crazy, silly, stupid (Aust informal)
- Exceedingly great, exceptional (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OFr estrange (Fr étrange), from L extrāneus, from extrā beyond strangeˈly adverb strangeˈness noun - The quality of being strange
- A property of certain elementary particles, conserved in strong but not in weak interactions and represented by a quantum number (strangeness number) equal to the particle's hypercharge number minus its baryon number (physics)
strānˈger noun - A foreigner
- A person whose home is elsewhere
- A person unknown or little known
- A person who is outside one's familiar circle or kindred
- A visitor
- A new-born child (humorous)
- A non-member
- An outsider
- A person not concerned
- A person without knowledge, experience, or familiarity (with to)
transitive verb (Shakespeare)To make a stranger strange attractor noun (mathematics) An orderly but non-repeating pattern within a chaotic system strange matter noun (physics) A hypothetical form of matter composed of up, down and strange quarks strangeness number see strangeness above. strange particles plural noun Kaons and hyperons, which have a non-zero strangeness number (qv above) strange quark noun (physics) One of six categories of quark, having a charge of −1/3, spin of 1/2 and mass of 195 strangers' gallery noun A public gallery, esp in the House of Commons make it strange (Shakespeare) To make difficulties, show reluctance |