quarkonium

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noun

A flavorless meson whose constituents are a quark and its own antiquark.

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Meanings

nounquarkonium (plural quarkoniums or quarkonia)

plural quarkoniums · plural quarkonia

  1. particlenatural sciencesA flavorless meson whose constituents are a quark and its own antiquark.

Origin

  1. Englishquark
  2. Englishonium
  3. Englishquarkonium

From quark + -onium.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 夸克偶素
  • 夸克偶素 (kuākè'ǒusù)meson
French quarkonium
  • quarkoniummeson
German Quarkonium
  • Quarkoniummeson
Italian quarkonio
  • quarkoniomeson
Russian кварко́ний
  • кварко́ний (kvarkónij)meson
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“quarkonium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarkonium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quarkonium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarkonium.

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