top quark


noun Physics.

a heavy quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge.
Also called t quark, truth quark.

Origin of top quark

First recorded in 1975–80

Scientific definitions for t quark

top quark
[ tŏp ]

A quark with a charge of +2/3. Its mass is larger than that of all the other quarks and is about 360,000 times that of the electron. See Table at subatomic particle.