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top quark
noun
, Physics.
- a heavy quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge.
top quark
/ tŏp /
- A quark with a charge of +2/3. Its mass is larger than that of all the other quarks and is about 360,000 times that of the electron.
- See Table at subatomic particle
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Origin of top quark1
First recorded in 1975–80
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