quarkonium
American
[kwawr-koh-nee-uhm, kwahr-]
/ kwɔrˈkoʊ ni əm, kwɑr- /
noun
Physics.
Etymology
Origin of quarkonium
1975–80; quark + -on 1 + -ium, on the model of positronium and similarly named particles
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