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antighost

antighost noun: a field with a negative ghost number.

Noun

antighost (plural antighosts)

  1. A field with a negative ghost number.
    • There are as many components in the topological ghosts as in the gauge fields, and to gauge fix the topological freedom, one must also introduce as many antighosts as topological ghosts.2006, Laurent Baulieu, String theory: from Gauge interactions to cosmology, page 20

Forms of antighost

pluralantighosts

Origin of antighost

From anti- + ghost.

Questions about antighost

What does antighost mean?
Antighost means a field with a negative ghost number.
What part of speech is antighost?
Antighost is a noun.
What is the plural of antighost?
The plural of antighost is antighosts.

Words near antighost in the dictionary

  1. antigeny
  2. antigeotactic
  3. antigerbil
  4. antigerm
  5. antighetto
  6. antighost
  7. antighosts
  8. antigiardial
  9. antigiardials
  10. antigiardiasis
  11. antigingivitic

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