bottom quark

noun

A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.

Meanings

nounbottom quark (plural bottom quarks)

plural bottom quarks

  1. particlenatural sciencesA quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.

    Synonyms: beauty quark

  2. A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV. Symbol: b
    1. particlenatural sciencesSymbol: b

      Synonyms: beauty quark

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.

nounSymbol: b

More synonyms by meaning

nouna quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron

Broader
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Translations

Arabic كُوَارْك قَعْرِيّ
  • كُوَارْك قَعْرِيّ (kuwark qaʕriyy)bottom quark
Chinese Mandarin 底夸克
  • 底夸克 (dǐkuākè)bottom quark
Finnish pohjakvarkki, pohja-kvarkki
  • pohjakvarkkibottom quark
  • pohja-kvarkkibottom quark
  • kaunis-kvarkkibottom quark
French quark bottom
  • quark bottombottom quark
Hindi बॉटम क्वार्क
  • बॉटम क्वार्क (bŏṭam kvārk)bottom quark
Japanese ボトムクォーク
  • ボトムクォーク (botomu kuwōku)bottom quark
Korean 바닥 쿼크
  • 바닥 쿼크 (badak kwokeu)bottom quark
Lithuanian žemiausiasis kvarkas
  • žemiausiasis kvarkasbottom quark
Portuguese quark bottom
  • quark bottombottom quark
Russian преле́стный кварк
  • преле́стный кварк (preléstnyj kvark)bottom quark
Spanish quark fondo
  • quark fondobottom quark
Swedish bottenkvark
  • bottenkvarkbottom quark
Turkish alt kuark
  • alt kuarkbottom quark
Vietnamese quắc đáy
  • quắc đáybottom quark
Cite this entry
APA

bottom quark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottom%20quark

MLA

“bottom quark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottom%20quark. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bottom quark,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottom%20quark.

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