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アップクォーク Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アップクォーク

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Meanings

1

up quark; u quark

Technical term in particle physics; one of the elementary particles that make up protons and neutrons.

陽よう子しはアップクォーク二ふたつとダウンクォーク一ひとつ

から

でき

て

いる

。

A proton is made of two up quarks and one down quark.

Related words

ダウンクォーク
ダウンクォーク is the down quark, which together with the up quark forms protons and neutrons.
クォーク
クォーク is the general term for quarks; アップクォーク is a specific type.

Built from

アップ+クォーク

Written forms

アップ・クォーク
- アップクォーク
  Variant with interpunct; less common but still used in some technical contexts.
- アップ・クォーク

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'up quark'.