Meaning

5 senses
  1. (particle)In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.

    Quark

    кваркkvark

    кваркkvark

  2. (broadly)An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.

  3. (broadly, slang)A nonsense, trivial text string.

  4. (uncountable)A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

    Quark, Topfen

    тво́рогtvórog, творо́гtvoróg

    сирsyr, творо́гtvoróh

    fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet

  5. (informal)The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Protons are made up of quarks.

    ruПротоны состоят из кварков.

    deProtonen bestehen aus Quarks.

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  2. Gluons glue quarks together to form particles such as protons.

    ruГлюоны склеивают кварки вместе, образуя такие частицы, как протон.

    deGluonen halten die Quarks zusammen und bilden so Teilchen wie etwa Protonen.

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  3. Tom, could you explain to me what a quark is?

    deTom, könntest du mir erklären, was ein Quark ist?

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  4. Tom crumbled up biscuits and mixed them into the quark.

    deTom zerkrümelte Kekse und verrührte sie mit dem Quark.

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  5. The strong interaction binds quarks into nucleons and nucleons to each other.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter:
soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk:
Русский
By meaning 2
one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter:
soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter:
soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk:

Origin

[Alt: A spoonful of quark cheese served with tomato slices on a plate] Onomatopoeic, fr

[Alt: A spoonful of quark cheese served with tomato slices on a plate]

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of the squawk.

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Forms

plural: quarks
Singularquark
Pluralquarks

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet:quark cheese

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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