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10 Language-to-English DictionariesQuark
/kwɔːrk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Any of a group of subatomic particles having a fractional electric charge and constituting the fundamental constituents of hadrons such as protons and neutrons.
"Protons and neutrons are each composed of three quarks bound together by the strong force." - 2
A type of fresh, unaged dairy product similar to curd cheese or thick yogurt, originating in Central Europe.
"She prepared a healthy breakfast bowl using fresh quark topped with berries and honey."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1964, who borrowed the nonsense word from James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake ('Three quarks for Muster Mark!'). Gell-Mann originally pronounced it to rhyme with 'stork', but the spelling and modern pronunciation were influenced by the phonetic context of the novel. In physics, it was adopted to name the fundamental constituents of matter that make up hadrons like protons and neutrons.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Quark" is said worldwide
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quark
Transliteration: kwark
"Les protons sont formés de trois quarks."
Quark
Transliteration: kvark
"Quark ist ein Grundbaustein der Materie in der Physik."
quark
Transliteration: kwark
"I quark sono particelle elementari."
quark
Transliteration: kwark
"El protón está compuesto por tres quarks."
quark
Transliteration: kwark
"Os quarks são partículas elementares da física."
क्वार्क
Transliteration: kwark
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"प्रोटॉन तीन क्वार्क से मिलकर बने होते हैं।"
夸克
Transliteration: kuākè
Script: 中文汉字
"夸克是构成物质的基本粒子。"
쿼크
Transliteration: kwokeu
Script: 한국어 한글
"양성자는 세 개의 쿼크로 이루어져 있습니다."
クォーク
Transliteration: kwōku
Script: 日本語
"陽子は3つのクォークで構成されています。"
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