up quark

noun

A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.

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Meanings

nounup quark (plural up quarks)

plural up quarks

  1. particlenatural sciencesA quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.
  2. A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV. Symbol: u
    1. particlenatural sciencesSymbol: u

Translations

Afrikaans op-kwark
  • op-kwarkup quark
Arabic كُوَارْك عُلْوِيّ
  • كُوَارْك عُلْوِيّ (kuwark ʕulwiyy)up quark
Basque goi quark
  • goi quarkup quark
Catalan quark dalt
  • quark daltup quark
Chinese Mandarin 上夸克
  • 上夸克 (shàngkuākè)up quark
Danish up-kvark
  • up-kvarkup quark
Esperanto u-kvarko
  • u-kvarkoup quark
Estonian u-kvark, up-kvark
  • u-kvarkup quark
  • up-kvarkup quark
Finnish ylöskvarkki, ylös-kvarkki
  • ylöskvarkkiup quark
  • ylös-kvarkkiup quark
French quark haut, quark up
  • quark hautup quark
  • quark upup quark
Hungarian up kvark, u kvark
  • up kvarkup quark
  • u kvarkup quark
Italian quark up
  • quark upup quark
Japanese アップクォーク
  • アップクォーク (appu kuwōku)up quark
Korean 위 쿼크
  • 위 쿼크 (wi kwokeu)up quark
Lithuanian aukštyn kvarkas
  • aukštyn kvarkasup quark
Malay kuark naik
  • kuark naikup quark
Portuguese quark up
  • quark upup quark
Russian ве́рхний кварк
  • ве́рхний кварк (vérxnij kvark)up quark
Spanish quark arriba
  • quark arribaup quark
Swedish uppkvark
  • uppkvarkup quark
Turkish yukarı kuark
  • yukarı kuarkup quark
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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