Quark (Noun)
Meaning 1
Fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The bowl contained a generous serving of quark, which she spread on her toast for breakfast.
- Quark and fruit make for a delicious and healthy snack, rich in protein and vitamins.
- In comparison with other types of cheese, quark has a notably mild flavor.
- She loved to top her baked potatoes with a dollop of quark and a sprinkle of chives.
- The quark was so smooth and creamy that it went perfectly with the homemade muesli.
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Meaning 2
(physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3; "quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- Quarks are among the elementary particles that make up protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei.
- Physicists believe that quarks combine in different ways to form hadrons like protons and neutrons.
- Each quark has a corresponding antiquark with the same mass but opposite charges.
- The theory of quarks helps explain how protons and neutrons are held together within an atom's nucleus.
- Protons, for example, consist of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons consist of two down quarks and one up quark.