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ANTIQUARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antiquark mean?
• ANTIQUARK (noun)
The noun ANTIQUARK has 1 sense:
1. the antiparticle of a quark
Familiarity information: ANTIQUARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The antiparticle of a quark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("antiquark" is a kind of...):
elementary particle; fundamental particle ((physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter)
Holonyms ("antiquark" is a part of...):
hadron (any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles)
Context examples
A pentaquark is something different—a "composite state" that groups four quarks and one antiquark, the associated antimatter particle for a quark.
(Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle, NSF)
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