antimatter

noun

an·​ti·​mat·​ter
ˈan-tē-ˌma-tər,
ˈan-ˌtī- How to pronounce antimatter (audio)
: matter composed of antiparticles

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According to the standard model of physics, that event should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter. Eric Baculinao, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 These interactions then snowball to eventually produce enough energy to generate millisecond blasts of gamma rays, antimatter, and other radiation particles. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024 For example, the W’s sibling, the Z boson, can decay into a particle called a muon and its antimatter counterpart, both easily trackable. Byadrian Cho, science.org, 20 Sep. 2024 That there was enough leftover matter after this great annihilation to form galaxies, stars, planets and even us but almost no antimatter is known as the matter-antimatter imbalance. Luke Caldwell, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for antimatter 

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First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of antimatter was in 1934

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“Antimatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antimatter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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antimatter

noun
an·​ti·​mat·​ter ˈant-i-ˌmat-ər How to pronounce antimatter (audio)
: matter whose parts match parts of ordinary matter except in having some opposite properties (as a positive instead of a negative charge)

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