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antiquark

/ˈæntiˌkwɑːrk/ /ˈæntaɪˌkwɑːrk/

Meanings
noun
The antiparticle of a quark.

Examples :

"The proton is made of quarks, but the antiproton contains antiquarks instead. "
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Related Words

Illustration instead

instead adverb

/ɪnˈstɛd/

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

"I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead."

Illustration made

made noun

/meɪd/

A grub or maggot.

"The compost pile attracted many small, white made. "

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration contains

contains verb

/kənˈteɪnz/

To hold inside.

"The box contains my old toys. "

Illustration antiparticle

antiparticle noun

/ˈæntiˌpɑɹtɪkəl/

A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.

"When a high-energy collision creates an electron, it almost always creates its corresponding antiparticle, a positron, at the same time. "

Illustration but

but noun

/bʊt/ /bʌt/

An instance or example of using the word "but".

"It has to be done – no ifs or buts."

Illustration antiquarks

antiquarks noun

/ˌæntiˈkwɑːrks/ /ˌæntaɪˈkwɑːrks/

The antiparticle of a quark.

"Scientists study how quarks and antiquarks combine to form different types of matter. "

Illustration proton

proton noun

/ˈpɹəʊ.tɒn/ /ˈpɹoʊ.tɑn/

A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.

"The hydrogen atom has only one proton in its nucleus. "

Illustration antiproton

antiproton noun

/ˌæntiˈproʊtɑːn/ /ˌæntaɪˈproʊtɑːn/

The antiparticle of the proton, having a negative electric charge.

"The experiment aimed to detect the tiny track left by an antiproton after it collided with an atom. "

Illustration quarks

quarks noun

/kwɔːrks/ /kwɑːrks/

In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.

"Protons and neutrons, which make up the nucleus of an atom, are themselves made of even smaller particles called quarks. "

Illustration quark

quark noun

/kwɑːk/ /kwɑɹk/

In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.

"Protons and neutrons, the building blocks of atoms, are made of quarks. "