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top 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 178,000 MeV.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: truth quark

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 178,000 MeV. Symbol: t

Symbol: t

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: particle

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: truth quark

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: truth quark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quark

History

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُوَارْكُ قَمِّيّ (kuwarku qammiyy) — top quark
  • Armenian: t-քվարկ (t-kʻvark) — top quark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頂夸克 (dǐngkuākè) — top quark
  • Finnish: huippukvarkki — top quark
  • Finnish: huippu-kvarkki — top quark
  • Finnish: tosi-kvarkki — top quark
  • French: quark top — top quark
  • Georgian: ზედა კვარკი (zeda ḳvarḳi) — top quark
  • Georgian: უმაღლესი კვარკი (umaɣlesi ḳvarḳi) — top quark
  • Japanese: トップクォーク (toppu kuwōku) — top quark
  • Korean: 꼭대기 쿼크 (kkokdaegi kwokeu) — top quark
  • Lithuanian: aukščiausiasis kvarkas — top quark
  • Portuguese: quark top — top quark
  • Russian: и́стинный кварк (ístinnyj kvark) — top quark
  • Spanish: quark cima — top quark
  • Swedish: toppkvark — top quark
  • Turkish: üst kuark — top quark
  • Vietnamese: quắc đỉnh — top quark