ETYM Old Fren. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor, cf. French fleurer to emit an odor, Italian flatore a bad odor, prob. from Latin flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Related to Blow.
(High energy physics) The kinds of quarks; SYN. flavour.
(Alternate spelling: flavour).
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for flavor.
The name used for the different quarks types (up, down, strange, charm, bottom, top) and for the different lepton types (electron, muon, tau). For each charged lepton flavour there is a corresponding neutrino flavour. In other words, flavour is the quantum number that distinguishes the different quark/lepton types. Each flavour of quark and charged lepton has a different mass. For neutrinos we do not yet know if they have a mass or what the masses are.
1. A sharp slap or blow; SYN. hit, slap.
2. The act of hitting something; SYN. smacking, slap.
3. An enthusiastic kiss; SYN. smooch.