English word leptoquark comes from English quark, English lepto- ((physics) lepton. Thin, fine, slender.)
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quark | English (eng) | (Falkland Islands, informal) The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax. (computing, X Window System) An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.. (particle) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter. Quarks have never been found alone as of this writing, They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons. A soft creamy cheese, eaten [...] |
lepto- | English (eng) | (physics) lepton. Thin, fine, slender. |
leptoquark | English (eng) | (physics) Any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark. |