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クォーク

also: クオーク

クォ

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ク

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Meanings

1

noun

quark

physics

Elementary particle in physics; a fundamental constituent of matter.

陽よう子しは三みっつのクォークからできている。
A proton is made of three quarks.

Written forms

クォークUsage19%
Standard katakana spelling for the physics term.
クオークUsage81%
Alternate katakana spelling; less common but still used.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'quark', a term coined by physicist Murray Gell-Mann.