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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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c] meson contains a charm quark and a bottom antiquark.
Physicists have long known that types of quarks and antiquarks combine in twos and threes to form more-complex particles such as protons and neutrons.
Mesons, such as kaons and pions, on the other hand, contain one quark and one antiquark each.
 
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