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antileptons

antileptons is the plural of antilepton.

Meaning of antilepton

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...

Questions about antileptons

What is antileptons the plural of?
Antileptons is the plural of antilepton.

Words near antileptons in the dictionary

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

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