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bottom quark

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beauty quark

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV. Symbol: b

Symbol: b

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beauty quark

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beauty quark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quark

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُوَارْك قَعْرِيّ (kuwark qaʕriyy) — bottom quark
  • Armenian: b-քվարկ (b-kʻvark) — bottom quark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 底夸克 (dǐkuākè) — bottom quark
  • Finnish: pohjakvarkki — bottom quark
  • Finnish: pohja-kvarkki — bottom quark
  • Finnish: kaunis-kvarkki — bottom quark
  • French: quark bottom — bottom quark
  • Georgian: ქვედა კვარკი (kveda ḳvarḳi) — bottom quark
  • Hindi: बॉटम क्वार्क (bŏṭam kvārk) — bottom quark
  • Japanese: ボトムクォーク (botomu kuwōku) — bottom quark
  • Korean: 바닥 쿼크 (badak kwokeu) — bottom quark
  • Lithuanian: žemiausiasis kvarkas — bottom quark
  • Portuguese: quark bottom — bottom quark
  • Russian: преле́стный кварк (preléstnyj kvark) — bottom quark
  • Spanish: quark fondo — bottom quark
  • Swedish: bottenkvark — bottom quark
  • Turkish: alt kuark — bottom quark
  • Vietnamese: quắc đáy — bottom quark