quark — meaning in English
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English meaning
- quark noun In particle physics, one of the fundamental building blocks that combine to form protons, neutrons, and similar particles.
Senses
quark is used for these senses in English:
- quark A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.
- quark (particle) 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 — full definition
- noun In particle physics, one of the fundamental building blocks that combine to form protons, neutrons, and similar particles.
- noun A soft, mild, fresh cheese popular across central and northern Europe.