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English

sup squark

From s- + up + squark, from up quark.

Formed from s- + up

English scalar ‘particle with spin 0’

English s-

Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English upp

Middle English up ‘to a vertical axis’

English up

Today it means

noun A squark which is the hypothetical supersymmetric partner of an up quark.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sup squark”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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