quark

Hadron building block

A quark is a fundamental subatomic particle, one of the basic building blocks of matter.

Quarks combine in groups of two or three to form protons, neutrons, and other particles.

There are six types, whimsically named up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.

Separately, quark is a soft fresh cheese common in German-speaking countries, similar to cottage cheese or ricotta: Quark is used in cheesecake and spreads.

particle

proton

Positive nuclear particle

  • neutronUncharged nuclear particle
  • hadronQuark-containing subatomic particle
  • baryonThree-quark composite particle

meson · gluon · antiquark · flavor · up · down · charm · strange · top · bottom

flavor

up

Out of bed

  • downToward lower ground
  • charmAttractive personal quality
  • strangeUnusual or unfamiliar

top · bottom · generation · mass · charge · antiquark · hadron · meson · baryon

cheese

curd

Coagulated milk solids

fresh · cream cheese · cottage cheese · paneer · cheesecake · blintz · protein · fermentation · lactic acid · breakfast

quantum

wavefunction

Quantum state's mathematical representation

quantization · uncertainty · virtual particles · coherence · decoherence · quantum state · tunneling · nonlocality

software

desktop publishing

Computer-based document creation

InDesign · prepress · print · magazine · publishing

Categories
Opposites
fundamental particle type

quarklepton

Fundamental particle without strong interactions

electron · muon · tau · neutrino · boson

compositeness

quarkhadron

Quark-containing subatomic particle

proton · neutron · baryon · meson · atom

matter vs antimatter

quarkantiquark

Quark's antimatter counterpart

antiparticle · antimatter

Family

quarks

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