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flavor

flavor

9 9.9
One of the six types of quark that scientists study in particle physics
  • noun
  • /ˈfleɪvər/
  • Specialized
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  • Quarks also come in three families of flavors, such as the up/down one.
  • quark flavors
  • flavor conservation
  • flavor oscillations

In addition to flavor, up, down, charm, strange, and so on.

Examples

  • As implied by your post, boundaries come in three flavors: absent, weak, and strong.

    Blog text (22)
  • I think it has a deeper, more complicated flavor than the company's US version.

    Blog text (25)
  • As a result, some of the flavor of the live discussion will be lost.

    Academic text (1997)
  • So this is, this is beginning to get some, some of the flavor of what an entangled state is.

  • But we have no understanding of the nature of lepton flavor or of how strictly it is conserved.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The strong interactions never change a quark's flavor, and net B is strictly conserved in all known physical processes.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For the utility planner, these unpredictable changes in power output come in two flavors: fast rises and crashes.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Quarks in particle physics exist in six different flavors: up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom.

  • Researchers study quarks, which are categorized into several flavors based on their unique properties.

  • In high-energy physics, different types of quarks are referred to as flavors, including the strange and top quarks.

Compounds

5 1.4

The taste you like most in a food or drink

2 4.4

Something or someone that is popular for a short time, like a new food taste

1 1.8

An added taste that makes food or drink tastier

1 2.2

A strong pleasant taste in food or drink

A sudden strong taste in food or drink

A sharp, slightly sour taste that feels fresh in the mouth

An unusual taste often found in food from other countries

A rich, satisfying taste that feels complete

The taste of ripe mango used in foods and drinks

A smoky, earthy taste in some whiskies from burning plants while drying grain

Surface Forms

flavor singular
flavors plural
flavours plural
flavour singular

Etymology

Flavor was borrowed by physicists as a simple picture: just like different 'tastes' of food, different quarks are called different 'flavors'. That's why the word names each type or 'kind' of quark.