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cryptoquarks

cryptoquarks is the plural of cryptoquark.

Meaning of cryptoquark

Noun

cryptoquark (plural cryptoquarks)

  1. A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.
    • One can implement the "massless quark" solution in a phenomenologically acceptable way, by using a massless quark that is always confined within superheavy particles, and is therefore effectively superheavy: a cryptoquark.2016, Frank Wilczek, “Superheavy Light Quarks and the Strong P, T Problem”, in arXiv

Questions about cryptoquarks

What is cryptoquarks the plural of?
Cryptoquarks is the plural of cryptoquark.

Words near cryptoquarks in the dictionary

  1. cryptoprotocol
  2. cryptoprotocols
  3. cryptopsychism
  4. cryptopyrrole
  5. cryptoquark
  6. cryptoquarks
  7. cryptoquip
  8. cryptoquips
  9. cryptoquiz
  10. cryptoquizzes
  11. cryptoracism

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