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CHARM QUARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does charm quark mean?
• CHARM QUARK (noun)
The noun CHARM QUARK has 1 sense:
1. a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1
Familiarity information: CHARM QUARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("charm quark" is a kind of...):
quark ((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)
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