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Noun: glueball  'gloo,bol
  1. (particle physics) a hypothetical particle composed entirely of gluons, with no quarks; predicted by quantum chromodynamics but not yet conclusively observed
    "Researchers are searching for evidence of glueballs in high-energy particle collisions"

Derived forms: glueballs

Encyclopedia: Glueball