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Quark

/kwɑːk/

In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.

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noun

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In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.
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gluonnoun	(particle physics) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
quargnoun	Alternative form of quark (soft creamy cheese) [(particle physics) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.]
quark modelnoun	(physics) A model organizing baryons and mesons according to their composition of bound quarks and antiquarks in groups of two or three; part of the Standard Model.
quarkoniumnoun	(particle physics) A flavorless meson whose constituents are a quark and its own antiquark.
quark matternoun	(astrophysics) A hypothetical phase of matter made up of quarks that are so tightly packed (due to high surrounding pressure) that they do not chunk into baryons.
quark-antiquarknoun	A particle-antiparticle pair in hadrons and mesons.
bottom quarknoun	(particle physics) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.
quark theorynoun	(physics) The theory that (most) baryons and mesons are composed of bound quarks and antiquarks.
quark starnoun	(astronomy) A hypothetical exotic star composed of quark-gluon plasma.
subquarknoun	Any of several hypothetical particles construed as subcomponents of quarks (and leptons).
cryptoquarknoun	(physics) A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.
top quarknoun	(particle physics) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 178,000 MeV.
down quarknoun	(particle physics) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4 to 8 MeV.
quasiquarknoun	A quasiparticle equivalent to a quark.
diquarknoun	(particle physics) The hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon.
up quarknoun	(particle physics) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.
hyperquarknoun	(physics) The hyperon form of a quark
charm quarknoun	(particle physics) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV.
monoquarknoun	(physics, rare) A hypothetical stand-alone quark in quagma.
antisquarknoun	(particle physics) The proposed antiparticle of a squark.