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gauge symmetry comparison table

Subject	has definition
electromagnetic gauge symmetry	Gauge symmetry underlying quantum electrodynamics.
strong force symmetry	Gauge symmetry underlying the strong force, associated with invariance of a physical system under shifts in the color charges of quarks.
weak gauge symmetry	Gauge symmetry underlying the weak force.

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