Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun truth_quark
1 sense of truth quark
Sense 1
top quark, truth quark -- (a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron)
=> 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")