top quark

top quark

noun Physics.
a heavy quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge.
Also called t quark, truth quark.


Origin:
1975–80
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Top quark is always a great word to know.
So is gas. Does it mean:
the distance measured by the propagation of a wave between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation
a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid
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top quark   (tŏp)  Pronunciation Key 
A quark with a charge of +2/3. Its mass is larger than that of all the other quarks and is about 360,000 times that of the electron. See Table at subatomic particle.
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