charm

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charm
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Meanings
noun
  • the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.
    E.g. his charm has captivated the media
  • a small ornament worn on a necklace or bracelet.
    E.g. the trinkets were charms from his wife's bracelet
  • an object, act, or saying believed to have magic power.
    E.g. the charm begins with ritual instructions
  • a characteristic property of certain subatomic particles (specifically charm quarks, charm antiquarks, and hadrons containing these), expressed as a quantum number.
verb
  • delight greatly.
    E.g. the books have charmed children the world over
  • control or achieve by or as if by magic.
    E.g. a gesticulating figure endeavouring to charm a cobra
adjective
  • denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of + 2/3. Charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

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