s quark
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of s quark
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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The corresponding decay of the B0 meson, where a d quark replaces the s quark, is even more CKM suppressed because it requires a jump across two quark generations rather than just one.
From Nature • May 12, 2015
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