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quark matter

quark matter noun: a hypothetical phase of matter made up of quarks that are so tightly packed (due to high surrounding pressure) that they do not chunk into baryons.

Noun

quark matter (uncountable)

  1. A hypothetical phase of matter made up of quarks that are so tightly packed (due to high surrounding pressure) that they do not chunk into baryons.

Questions about quark matter

What does quark matter mean?
Quark matter means a hypothetical phase of matter made up of quarks that are so tightly packed (due to high surrounding pressure) that they do not chunk into baryons.
What part of speech is quark matter?
Quark matter is a noun.

Words near quark matter in the dictionary

  1. quargs
  2. quariar
  3. quarion
  4. quarions
  5. quark
  6. quark matter
  7. quark model
  8. quark nova
  9. quark novae
  10. quark novas
  11. quark nugget

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