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quark

Term ID
CHEBI:36346
Synonyms
  • quarks
Definition
Quarks comprise one of two classes of the fundamental particles. Quarks possess fractional electric charges and are not observed in free state. The word "quark" first appears in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake and has been chosen by Murray Gell-Mann as a name for fundamental building blocks of particles.
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ChEBI  ( EBI )
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is a type of
has subtype
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from quark
Phenotype where environments contain quark
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