noun
- The antiparticle counterpart of a quark, having the same mass but opposite electric charge and other quantum properties.
Usage: physics; particle physics
Examples
- When a quark and an antiquark collide, they annihilate each other and release energy.
- Antimatter particles like antiquarks are rarely found in nature on Earth.
- The detection of antiquarks in particle accelerators confirmed theoretical predictions about antimatter.
- An antiproton is composed of three antiquarks, just as a proton is made of three quarks.
- Scientists study antiquarks to better understand the fundamental structure of matter and antimatter.