antiparticle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæntiˌpɑɹtɪkəl/
antiparticle (plural antiparticles)
- (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.
- 1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (page 75)
- 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)
- French: antiparticule
- German: Antiteilchen
- Italian: antiparticella
- Portuguese: antipartícula
- Russian: античасти́ца
- Spanish: antipartícula
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