QUARK


Meaning of QUARK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwȯrk, ˈkwärk ]

noun

Etymology: coined by Murray Gell-Mann

Date: 1964

: any of several elementary particles that are postulated to come in pairs (as in the up and down varieties) of similar mass with one member having a charge of + 2/3 and the other a charge of - 1/3 and are held to make up hadrons

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