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antiquark
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antiquark [′an·tē¦kwärk]
(particle physics)
The hypothetical antiparticle of a quark, having electric charge, baryon number, and strangeness opposite in sign to that of the corresponding quark.
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From what we know, if you tried to put a set of quarks or antiquarks together you couldn't build these particles," he added.
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