Noun
(nuclear physics) The color force, a fundamental force that is associated with the strong bonds, created by the associated bosons known as gluons, between quarks and other subatomic particles.
(nuclear physics, dated) The nuclear force, a residual force responsible for the interactions between nucleons, deriving from the color force
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went. Richard Branson
The fair face painted on the dungeon air, By the strong force of hope, distinct and sweet, Is a good omen. Love mine, I will rest. If my last sleep - it will be full of thee. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
The sweetest and best qualities of our nature may be turned to evil, by the strong force of circumstance and of temptation. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village. George Crook
Another strong force for change: crisis. All the failures of education, like a fever, signal a deep struggle for health. Marilyn Ferguson
The color gauge theory postulates the existence of eight massless particles, sometimes called gluons, that are the carriers of the strong force just as the photon is the carrier of the electromagnetic force. Sheldon L. Glashow