TRUTH QUARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does truth quark mean? 

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

1. a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUTH QUARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

top quark; truth quark

Hypernyms ("truth 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)