ANTIPARTICLE

Antiparticle

Corresponding to most kinds of particles, there is an associated antiparticle with the same mass and opposite charge . For example, the antiparticle of the electron is the positively charged antielectron, or positron, which is produced naturally in certain types of radioactive decay.

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antiparticle

Noun

  1. 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.


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