Downness

Quick meaning: Downness is a noun meaning (quantum mechanics) The property of being a down quark.

Meaning

(quantum mechanics) The property of being a down quark.

More Meanings

1. The quality or state of being physically down.
2. Lowness of pitch or tone.
3. The quality or state of being low in a social hierarchy; lowliness.
4. The state of having a low or disparaging mood; a feeling of depression, helplessness, or dislike.

Example Sentences

The upness and downness of vowel sounds affect us physically in different ways .

The down and antidown quarks on the left have a total downness of zero, which is preserved on the right.

Whether he had any word for “down” is irrelevant, for the immediate sensation of “downness” in the body sufficed, and was already familiar.

Each of the flavors has a corresponding property, so that the down quark carries "downness," although upness and downness are rarely mentioned,

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