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Meanings of strangeness in English

Catalan
estranyesa

The quality of being alien or not native.

      estranyesa
      Catalan
      desconeixement

      Unusualness as a consequence of not being well known.

          desconeixement
          Russian
          странность
          Portuguese
          estranheza
          Spanish
          extrañeza
          Catalan
          estranyesa

          Property of subatomic particles; the number of strange antiquarks minus strange quarks.

                странность
                Usage of strangeness in English
                1
                For all its strangeness, the situation was a problem of logistics again.
                The Naked God
                2
                And now begins the actual strangeness of the story of the Telegraph.
                Steam, Steel and Electricity
                3
                Then rub it off, Polly; rub the rust and the strangeness off.
                Villette
                4
                We have got used to much strangeness over the past two months.
                The Irish Times
                5
                One of the problems with the early space foods was their strangeness.
                Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
                6
                Outside the small airport building there is an immediate feeling of strangeness.
                The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
                7
                From Liverpool we explored the strangeness of the land in all directions.
                Hawthorne and His Circle
                8
                Something in the strangeness of the situation began to interest Captain Plum.
                The Courage of Captain Plum
                9
                No longer would she torment them with her new strangeness, her apartness.
                Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
                10
                The strangeness that Sam had expected to feel lasted about five minutes.
                Babyville
                11
                And such was the strangeness of it, the real now became unreal.
                Children of the Frost
                12
                The strangeness of it was greater than the strangeness of any nightmare.
                The Woman with the Fan
                13
                While Martin spoke the strangeness of the thing came home to Foy.
                Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
                14
                There had been a strangeness between them since their visit to London.
                Colors Aloft!
                15
                Only once did I confide the strangeness of it all to another.
                Before Adam
                16
                It gave a flavor of strangeness without the harshness of real threat.
                A Winter Haunting
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