quark
1. (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
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
elementary particle, fundamental particle
• Hyponyms:
bottom quark, beauty quark, charm quark, down quark, strange quark,
squark, top quark, truth quark, up quark
• Part Holonyms:
hadron
2. fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
• Syn:
quark cheese
• Hypernyms:
cheese
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