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• antiparticle — ► NOUN ▪ a subatomic particle with the same mass as a given particle but an opposite electric charge or magnetic effect …   English terms dictionary

• Antiparticle — The laws of nature are very nearly symmetrical with respect to particles and antiparticles. For example, an antiproton and a positron can form an antihydrogen atom, which has almost exactly the same properties as a hydrogen atom. A physicist… …   Wikipedia

• Mass–energy equivalence — E=MC2 redirects here. For other uses, see E=MC2 (disambiguation). 4 meter tall sculpture of Einstein s 1905 E = mc2 formula at the 2006 Walk of Ideas, Berlin, Germany In physics, mass–energy equivalence is the concept that the …   Wikipedia

• antiparticle — /an tee pahr ti keuhl, an tuy /, n. Physics. a particle all of whose properties, as mass, spin, or charge, have the same magnitude as but, where appropriate, the opposite sign of a specific elementary particle; neutral pions, photons, and… …   Universalium

• antiparticle — UK [ˈæntɪˌpɑː(r)tɪk(ə)l] / US [ˈæntɪˌpɑrtɪk(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms antiparticle : singular antiparticle plural antiparticles physics a type of particle in an atom that has the opposite electrical charge to the charge that a normal… …   English dictionary

• antiparticle — noun Date: 1934 a subatomic particle identical to another subatomic particle in mass but opposite to it in electric and magnetic properties (as sign of charge) that when brought together with its counterpart produces mutual annihilation;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• antiparticle — noun /ˈæntiˌpɑɹtɪkəl/ 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 …   Wiktionary

• antiparticle — an·ti·par·ti·cle (anґtĭ pahr″tĭ kəl) either of a pair of particles, as an electron and a positron, that are identical in mass and spin but opposite in charge and magnetic moment; the collision of two antiparticles results in… …   Medical dictionary

• antiparticle — noun Physics a subatomic particle with the same mass as a given particle but opposite electric or magnetic properties (e.g. a positron in relation to an electron) …   English new terms dictionary

• antiparticle — /ˈæntiˌpatɪkəl/ (say antee.pahtikuhl), /æntiˈpatɪkəl/ (say antee pahtikuhl) noun Physics a particle, sometimes hypothetical, corresponding to a particular elementary particle with equal mass and spin, but opposite electric charge and other… …  

• antiparticle —   n. an elementary particle corresponding to another in mass but different in electrical charge. The two destroy each other if they collide …   Dictionary of difficult words