Two up quarks and a down quark Crossword Clue

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Two up quarks and a down quark Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

QUARK (noun)
1. fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
2. (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3
DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

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Down

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