quark
IPA: kwˈɑrk
noun
- (physics) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.
- (computing, X Window System) An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.
- A soft creamy cheese, eaten throughout northern, central, eastern, and southeastern Europe as well as the Low Countries, very similar to cottage cheese except that it is usually not made with rennet.
- (Falkland Islands, informal) The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
Advertisement
Examples of "quark" in Sentences
- It is the analogue of the CKM matrix for quarks.
- In the experiment the quarks ionized the vacuum area.
- A constituent quark is a current quark with a covering.
- A 'constituent quark' is a current quark with a covering.
- Constituent quarks are a figment of the theorists imagination.
- In the quark picture this is, however, a drop of quark matter.
- In the first episode he rescues the ensign from Quark, a manipulative Ferengi.
- Is thermodynamics the changing of the resonant frequency of quark field states
- It is the analogue of the CKM matrix describing the analogous mixing of quarks.
- He solicits Odo's help and the two of them eavesdrop on Quark later that night.
Advertisement
Advertisement