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antifermion

antifermion noun: the antiparticle of a (specified) fermion.

Noun

antifermion (plural antifermions)

  1. (particle) The antiparticle of a (specified) fermion
    • To have anti-iron we need the fundamental antifermions (positrons), the antiparticles (antimesons and antibaryons) and the property that these antiparticles must interact like the particles in order to have the antinucleus of the iron.2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, →ISBN

Forms of antifermion

pluralantifermions

Origin of antifermion

From anti- + fermion.

Questions about antifermion

What does antifermion mean?
Antifermion means the antiparticle of a (specified) fermion.
What part of speech is antifermion?
Antifermion is a noun.
What is the plural of antifermion?
The plural of antifermion is antifermions.

Words near antifermion in the dictionary

  1. antiferment
  2. antifermentation
  3. antifermentative
  4. antifermentatives
  5. antiferments
  6. antifermion
  7. antifermionic
  8. antifermions
  9. antiferrodistortion
  10. antiferrodistortive
  11. antiferroelectric

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