quarkless

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adjective

Without quarks.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English quark →
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Meanings

adjectivequarkless (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenatural sciencesWithout quarks.

    In contrast, all quarkless baryons are gauge invariant.

    2002, Jean-Paul Blaizot, Edmond Iancu, QCD Perspectives on Hot and Dense Matter
    1 more example

    How does one know a quarkless state or glueball when one sees one?

    1982, Jean Thanh Van Tran, Elementary Hadronic Processes and Heavy Ion Interactions

Origin

  1. Englishquark
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishquarkless

From quark + -less.

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APA

quarkless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarkless

MLA

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Chicago

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