| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
beauty quark (by 'tē) Pronunciation Key
See bottom quark. |
| bottom quark (bŏt'əm) Pronunciation Key
A quark with a charge of - 1/3 . Its mass is smaller than that of the top quark, but larger than that of all the other quarks. The bottom quark is sometimes referred to as the beauty quark, though this term is falling out of use. See Table at subatomic particle. |