Definition of Strange quark

1. Noun. A quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1.

Exact synonyms: Squark
Generic synonyms: Quark

Definition of Strange quark

1. Noun. A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 80 to 130 MeV. Symbol: s ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Strange Quark

strandings
strandline
strandlines
strandloper
strands
strandwolf
strang
strange
strange attractor
strange attractors
strange bedfellows
strange bird
strange matter
strange particle
strange quark (current term)
strange quarks
stranged
strangelet
strangelets
strangely
strangely enough
strangeness
strangenesses
strangeonia
strangeonium
strangeoniums
stranger
stranger danger
strangered

Literary usage of Strange quark

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

1. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"strange quark The third flavor of quark (in order of increasing mass), with electric charge G - 1/3. (See quark) (See also particle definition. ..."

2. Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space And Time: Charting the Course for by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"... particles from space strike the atmosphere, the collisions are energetic enough to produce many mesons containing the second-generation strange quark. ..."

3. Physics of More Than 11 Years of COSY-11 by Przerwa, Joanna, Grzonka, Dieter, Klaja, Pawel, Moskal, Pawel, Oelert, Walter (2007)
"The Ap interaction is of especial interest since it is influenced by the strange quark content of the A- hyperon. ..."

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