DOWN QUARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does down quark mean? 

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

1. a stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWN QUARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stable quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("down 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)