quark
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- noun
- /kwɔrk/
- Specialized
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quark
- But as the energy density increases, the average distance between quarks and gluons becomes smaller.
- quarks, gluons
- strange quark
- quark spin
There are up quarks, down quarks, truth quarks, beauty quarks, strange quarks.
- There are up quarks, down quarks, truth quarks, beauty quarks, strange quarks.
- The energy involved in in binding up these quarks is so high, so high.
- We think basically there's things called quarks and there's things called leptons.
- Those protons and neutrons are made of quarks, up and down quarks.
- OK, There's an up quark, a down quark, a strange quark, a charm quark.
- Is it like, say a quark or is an electron or what?
- We can't even calculate how quarks and gluons hold together.
- Or whether or not, you know, some quarks feel the weak force and other quarks do not.
- It's the same quarks rearranged, right?
- Those are called gluons because they glue quarks together.
- The sun, the moon, electrons, quarks, their shapes.
Examples
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RHIC, which was dedicated on 4 October, is designed to study the transition to a quark-gluon plasma.
Academic text (1999) -
What is the electrical charge of an up-type quark?
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No one's actually ever seen a quark, but we know they exist.
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Did you read my latest paper on quarks?
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A neutron, for example, is made of one up quark and two down quarks.
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Protons are made of much smaller components, called quarks and gluons.
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And protons and neutrons are made up of quarks.
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A neutron, for example, is made of one up quark and two down quarks.
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Did you read my latest paper on quarks?
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The nuclear strong force is what holds quarks together to make protons and neutrons.
Synonyms
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A very heavy tiny particle studied by physicists
A very small particle with a positive charge that is heavier than an electron
A very small particle with a positive charge that helps make protons and neutrons
A very small particle inside protons and neutrons with an electric charge of minus one third
Very small particle inside some subatomic particles with electric charge -1/3 and strangeness -1
A very small particle created in particle experiments that is much heavier than an electron
A tiny particle with a small negative charge that is much heavier than an electron
A very heavy particle in physics that people call the top quark
Compounds
- Specialized
A tiny particle with a small negative charge that is much heavier than an electron
- Specialized
A very small particle created in particle experiments that is much heavier than an electron
- Specialized
A very small particle with a positive charge that is heavier than an electron
- Specialized
A very small particle inside protons and neutrons with an electric charge of minus one third
- Specialized
Very small particle inside some subatomic particles with electric charge -1/3 and strangeness -1
- Specialized
A very small particle with a positive charge that helps make protons and neutrons
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quark for the particle was borrowed by physicist Murray Gell-Mann from a curious line in James Joyce's book, 'Three quarks for Muster Mark', giving a short, odd name for a very small thing, and so today a quark is a tiny, strange building block of matter.