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antiparticles

antiparticles is the plural of antiparticle.

Meaning of antiparticle

Noun

antiparticle (plural antiparticles)

  1. (particle) A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.
    • There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 75

Questions about antiparticles

What is antiparticles the plural of?
Antiparticles is the plural of antiparticle.

Words near antiparticles in the dictionary

  1. antiparliamentary
  2. antiparliaments
  3. Antiparos
  4. antiparticipation
  5. antiparticle
  6. antiparticles
  7. antiparticularism
  8. antiparticularist
  9. antiparticularists
  10. antiparties
  11. antipartisan

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