squark
squark · squarks
A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of…A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half.
/skwɑːk/
Meaning
1 senses(particle)A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half.
More definitions
- a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1
Origin
From s- + quark.From s- + quark.
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Forms
plural: squarksSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1:strange quark
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedantisquark
See also
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