Are 弱い相互作用 and 強い相互作用 unnatural?


In introductory physics books, when they introduce 弱い相互作用 "weak interaction"
and 強い相互作用 "strong interaction", I almost always see a notification that these
terms are supposed to be the name of the specific forces and should not be
taken to mean just an adjective modifying a noun in an ordinary way. Are these
terms really unnatural as the name of specific things much as to require such
notes, and why is it? What natural (unexisting) alternatives would be
possible? Is the unnaturalness any stronger than the unnaturalness of the
corresponding English terms in English?




I think this is more about formalizing the use of technical vocabulary and
eliminating _ambiguity_ than any concern about unnaturalness.

For example, if they didn't include that note, then a beginning student might
misunderstand the discussion of 弱い相互作用 to cover any sort of sufficiently weak
interaction (like gravity from a distance, say), rather than _only_ that
specific type of interaction that has been given the name "Weak Interaction".




I think this is more about formalizing the use of technical vocabulary and
eliminating _ambiguity_ than any concern about unnaturalness.

For example, if they didn't include that note, then a beginning student might
misunderstand the discussion of 弱い相互作用 to cover any sort of sufficiently weak
interaction (like gravity from a distance, say), rather than _only_ that
specific type of interaction that has been given the name "Weak Interaction".

