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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.

Synonyms

All synonyms

subquarksubquark

Etymology

From pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.

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