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quark

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Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.
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  3. noun An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.
  4. noun A nonsense, trivial text string.
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  5. noun 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.
  6. noun The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).

Similar words

gluon quarg quark model quarkonium quark matter quark-antiquark bottom quark quark theory quark star subquark

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and model mass masses matter is in or has

Word family

quarks

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