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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.
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
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. ..."