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antilepton

antilepton noun: the antiparticle of a lepton.

Noun

antilepton (plural antileptons)

  1. (particle) The antiparticle of a lepton.
    • When a W⁺ boson decays into a positron and a neutrino, lepton number is conserved because the W⁺ boson is a non-lepton, the neutrino is a lepton, and the positron is an antilepton. Likewise, when a W⁻ boson decays into an electron and an antineutrino, lepton number is conserved because the W⁻ boson...

Forms of antilepton

pluralantileptons

Origin of antilepton

From anti- + lepton.

Questions about antilepton

What does antilepton mean?
Antilepton means the antiparticle of a lepton.
What part of speech is antilepton?
Antilepton is a noun.
What is the plural of antilepton?
The plural of antilepton is antileptons.

Words near antilepton in the dictionary

  1. antileprosy
  2. antileprotic
  3. antileprotics
  4. antileptic
  5. antileptics
  6. antilepton
  7. antileptonic
  8. antileptons
  9. antileptospiral
  10. antilesbian
  11. antilethargic

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