STRANGE QUARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strange quark mean? 

• STRANGE QUARK (noun)
  The noun STRANGE QUARK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STRANGE QUARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRANGE QUARK (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

squark; strange quark

Hypernyms ("strange 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)