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charm 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 +2/3 and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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noun

Meaning 2

A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV. Symbol: c

Symbol: c

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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noun

Meaning 3

a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: quark

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُوَارْك سَاحِر (kuwark sāḥir) — charm quark
  • Armenian: c-քվարկ (c-kʻvark) — charm quark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粲夸克 (cànkuākè) — charm quark
  • Finnish: lumokvarkki — charm quark
  • Finnish: lumo-kvarkki — charm quark
  • French: quark charme — charm quark
  • French: quark charm — charm quark
  • French: quark charmé — charm quark
  • Georgian: მომხიბვლელი კვარკი (momxibvleli ḳvarḳi) — charm quark
  • Italian: quark charm — charm quark
  • Japanese: チャームクォーク (chāmu kuwōku) — charm quark
  • Korean: 맵시 쿼크 (maepsi kwokeu) — charm quark
  • Lithuanian: žavusis kvarkas — charm quark
  • Portuguese: quark charm — charm quark
  • Russian: очаро́ванный кварк (očaróvannyj kvark) — charm quark
  • Spanish: quark encantado — charm quark
  • Swedish: charmkvark — charm quark
  • Turkish: tılsım kuark — charm quark
  • Vietnamese: quắc duyên — charm quark