Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun charm_quark

1 sense of charm quark

Sense 1
charm quark -- (a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1)
       => quark -- ((physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3; "quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally")