Word: leptoquarks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lep
to
quarks
Definition: Plural of leptoquark. Any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark.
Morphemes:
Affix: lepto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: lepton; an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λέπω
Language: grc
Decoded: lepo
Meaning: I peel
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive
Affix: quark
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.