antimatter

noun

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

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To date, particle physicists have produced less than 20 billionths of a gram of antimatter. Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Of particular interest was a cloud of electrons and positrons in addition to their antimatter counterpart particles. Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 May 2026 Last year two teams independently published real-time quantum simulations of the creation of matter and antimatter during a process called string breaking. Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026 According to Fermilab, the project could help answer some of the biggest physics mysteries, including why matter dominates over antimatter in the universe and how the universe evolved after the Big Bang. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for antimatter

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1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of antimatter was in 1934

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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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