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Definition of Quark

1. Noun. (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3. "Quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally"

2. Noun. Fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet.

Definition of Quark

1. Noun. (particles) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter. Quarks are never found alone in nature and combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons. ¹

2. Noun. a soft creamy cheese. The Russian quark and Finnish quark are somewhat different. The Russian version is firmer in consistency and contains about 15% milk fat, whereas the Finnish quark often contains less than 1% milk fat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quark

1. a hypothetical atomic particle [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quark

1. An elementary subatomic particle that composes a hadron. There areseveral flavours of quarks: Up (found innormal matter), down (also found in normalmatter), Charm or Charmed, Bottom or Beauty, Top or Truth (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quark

quarantinable quarantine flag quarantine period quarantined quarantiner quarantiners quarantines quarantining quare quare clausum fregit

quarer quarest quarg quargs quark (current term) quark-gluon plasma quark cheese quark star quarkless quarkonia

quarkonic quarkonium quarkoniums quarks quarkyonic quarl quarls quarrel quarreled

Literary usage of Quark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space And Time: Charting the Course for by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Once the tau lepton and bottom quark were observed, the search began for the ... All that was known was that the top quark would have to be heavier than the ..."

2. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"None of these remarks is dependent on the nature of quark charges. It is noted that if quarks and leptons arc made of constituent ..."

3. Computing Radiation Dosimetry: CRD 2002, Workshop Proceedings, Sacavém by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (2004)
"Different models, based directly on quark degrees of freedom, must be introduced. The features of "soft" interactions (low pT interactions) cannot be ..."

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