antimatter
[ an-tee-mat-er, an-tahy- ]
/ ˈæn tiˌmæt ər, ˈæn taɪ- /
noun Physics.
matter composed only of antiparticles, especially antiprotons, antineutrons, and positrons.
Words nearby antimatter
antimachus,
antimagnetic,
antimalarial,
antimanic,
antimasque,
antimatter,
antimension,
antimensium,
antimere,
antimetabolite,
antimicrobial
Example sentences from the Web for antimatter
Instead, dark matter is its own antimatter, so any pair of particles that meet will destroy each other.
Still No Dark Matter from Space Station Experiment |Matthew R. Francis |September 21, 2014 |DAILY BEASTOn the average, one atom out of every ten million in the universe was an atom of antimatter.
Psichopath |Gordon Randall GarrettThe distribution was unequal of course; antimatter could not exist in contact with ordinary matter.
Psichopath |Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for antimatter
antimatter
/ (ˈæntɪˌmætə) /
noun
a form of matter composed of antiparticles, such as antihydrogen, consisting of antiprotons and positrons
Scientific definitions for antimatter
antimatter
[ ăn′tĭ-măt′ər ]
A form of matter that consists of antiparticles.