Phrase guide

strange quark

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 80 to 130 MeV.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Synonyms: none provided

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 80 to 130 MeV. Symbol: s

Symbol: s

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quark

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vreemd-kwark — strange quark
  • Arabic: كُوَارْك غَرِيب (kuwark ḡarīb) — strange quark
  • Armenian: s-քվարկ (s-kʻvark) — strange quark
  • Basque: quark bitxi — strange quark
  • Catalan: quark estrany — strange quark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奇夸克 (qíkuākè) — strange quark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奇異夸克 (qíyì kuākè) — strange quark
  • Estonian: strange kvark — strange quark
  • Finnish: outokvarkki — strange quark
  • Finnish: outo-kvarkki — strange quark
  • French: quark étrange — strange quark
  • French: quark strange — strange quark
  • Georgian: უცნაური კვარკი (ucnauri ḳvarḳi) — strange quark
  • Hungarian: strange kvark — strange quark
  • Italian: quark strange — strange quark
  • Japanese: ストレンジクォーク (sutorenji kuwōku) — strange quark
  • Korean: 기묘 쿼크 (gimyo kwokeu) — strange quark
  • Lithuanian: keistasis kvarkas — strange quark
  • Malay: kuark aneh — strange quark
  • Portuguese: quark estranho — strange quark
  • Portuguese: quark strange — strange quark
  • Russian: стра́нный кварк (stránnyj kvark) — strange quark
  • Spanish: quark extraño — strange quark
  • Swedish: särkvark — strange quark
  • Tagalog: kakaibang quark — strange quark
  • Turkish: garip kuark — strange quark
  • Vietnamese: quark lạ — strange quark
  • Vietnamese: quắc lạ — strange quark