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electromagnetic interaction
an interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions; mediated by photons
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gravitational interaction
a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass; mediated by gravitons
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color force, strong force, strong interaction
(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons
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weak force, weak interaction
(physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay; mediated by intermediate vector bosons
