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antiparticle

  • noun
  • /ˈæntiˌpɑ(ɹ)tɪkəl/

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.

A kind of

  • elementary particle

Related words

  • particle-antiparticle

Example sentences

  • “A photon is its own antiparticle.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

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This definition is adapted from “antiparticle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.