quark
(noun) (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3; “quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quark (plural quarks)
(particle) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.
(computing, X Window System) An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.
• beauty quark
• bottom quark
• charm quark
• down quark
• strange quark
• top quark
• truth quark
• up quark
quark (uncountable)
A soft creamy cheese, eaten throughout northern, central, and eastern Europe, very similar to cottage cheese except that it is usually not made with rennet.
quark (plural quarks)
(Falkland Islands, informal) The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
Source: Wiktionary
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
