What is another word for quarks?

Pronunciation: [kwˈɑːks] (IPA)

Quarks are subatomic particles that exist within protons and neutrons, and are a fundamental component of matter. Synonyms for quarks include elementary particles, subatomic particles, constituent particles, and building blocks of matter. These particles come in six varieties, or "flavors", each with their own unique properties: up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. Other synonyms for quarks can depend on their specific configuration or arrangement, such as triplets or doublets. Quarks are an essential component of modern physics and their properties continue to be studied and explored through experiments and observations in particle physics.

What are the hypernyms for Quarks?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Quarks

  • What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars.
    Murray Gell-Mann

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