"antiparticle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæntiˌpɑ(ɹ)tɪkəl/ Forms: antiparticles [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + particle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|particle}} anti- + particle Head templates: {{en-noun}} antiparticle (plural antiparticles)
  1. (physics) 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; a particle that has a reversed world line to another. Wikipedia link: antiparticle Categories (topical): Antimatter, Subatomic particles Synonyms: anti-particle Derived forms: particle-antiparticle Related terms: antimatter, self-conjugate Translations (a subatomic particle): հակամասնիկ (hakamasnik) (Armenian), antipartícula [feminine] (Catalan), antičástice [feminine] (Czech), antipartiklo (Esperanto), kontraŭpartiklo (Esperanto), antihiukkanen (Finnish), antiparticule [feminine] (French), ანტინაწილაკი (anṭinac̣ilaḳi) (Georgian), Antiteilchen [neuter] (German), antirészecske (Hungarian), andeind [feminine] (Icelandic), antipartikulo (Ido), antiparticella [feminine] (Italian), 反粒子 (hanryūshi) (alt: はんりゅうし) (Japanese), antipartikkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), antipartikkel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), antycząstka [feminine] (Polish), antipartícula [feminine] (Portuguese), antiparticulă (Romanian), античасти́ца (antičastíca) [feminine] (Russian), antičastica [feminine] (Slovak), antipartícula [feminine] (Spanish), antipartikel [common-gender] (Swedish)

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