English Explanatory Dictionary

quarkonium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flavorless meson whose constituents are a quark and its own antiquark.

Word forms

quarkonium quarkoniums quarkonia

Etymology

Etymology tree English quark English onium English -on Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English -onium English quarkonium From quark + -onium.

Related words

bottomonium charmonium strangeonium toponium

Derived words

diquarkonium orthoquarkonium paraquarkonium
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