Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up quark

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: up- quark
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.

noun

A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV. Symbol: u

Inflected Forms

up quarks (plural)

Phrases

anti-up quark

Questions

What does up quark mean?: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.

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