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leptoquark

leptoquark noun: any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark.

Noun

leptoquark (plural leptoquarks)

  1. Any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark.

Forms of leptoquark

pluralleptoquarks

Origin of leptoquark

From lepto- + quark.

Questions about leptoquark

What does leptoquark mean?
Leptoquark means any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark.
What part of speech is leptoquark?
Leptoquark is a noun.
What is the plural of leptoquark?
The plural of leptoquark is leptoquarks.

Words near leptoquark in the dictionary

  1. leptopodomorphan
  2. leptopodomorphans
  3. leptoproduction
  4. leptoprosope
  5. leptoprosopes
  6. leptoquark
  7. leptoquarks
  8. leptorhine
  9. leptorrhine
  10. leptorrhiny
  11. leptos

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