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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Such violation has already been observed in quarks (another building block of the universe), but that discrepancy wasn’t enough to account for the preponderance of matter over antimatter. Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025 This may sound very strange as it is connected to pairs of matter and antimatter particles popping in and out of existence. Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Installed during the penultimate flight of the space shuttle in May 2011, the AMS is a particle physics experiment designed to measure antimatter in cosmic rays in the pursuit of learning more about mysterious dark matter. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025 As early as the 1940s, Wheeler had been researching antimatter. Ken Bridges, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antimatter. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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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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