antimatter
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antimatter
- /ˈæn.tiˌmæt.ɚ/ US
- /ˈænˌtaɪˌmæt.ɚ/ US
- [ˈæn.tiˌmæ.ɾɚ] US
- [ˈæ.ɾ̃iˌmæ.ɾɚ] US
- [ˈæ.niˌmæ.ɾɚ] US
Where it comes from
From anti- + matter. Coined by British physicist Arthur Schuster in 1898 to describe matter that resists gravity in a jocular article in Nature titled "Potential Matter.—A Holiday Dream", but not used in a modern sense until the 1940s.
noun antimatters · anti-matter
- Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. But most theories predict that equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have been produced during the big bang, and the mystery of what happened to all the antimatter is a central question in fundamental physics.
- A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter. Particles of matter and antimatter are identical, except for an opposite electrical charge. An electron has a negative charge whereas its antiparticle, the positron, has a positive charge, and both have an identical mass.
Translations
Every language
noun matter composed of antiparticles
| Español | antimateria |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 반물질 banmuljil |
| 日本語 | 反物質 hanbusshitsu |
| 中文 | 反物質 /反物质 fǎnwùzhì |
| हिन्दी | प्रतिद्रव्य pratidravya |
| Português | antimatéria |
| Français | antimatière |
| Deutsch | Antimaterie |
| Italiano | antimateria |
| Ελληνικά | αντιύλη antiýli |
| Română | antimaterie |
| Русский | антивещество́ antiveščestvó, антимате́рия antimatérija |
| Tiếng Việt | phản vật chất |
| العربية | مَادَّة مُضَادَّة mādda muḍādda |
Talk about this word "antimatter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/antimatter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. antimatter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/antimatter "antimatter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/antimatter.Cite this
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title = {antimatter},
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