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Positron

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antielectronnoun(physics) Synonym of positron.

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antielectronnoun(physics) Synonym of positron.
collidernoun(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
petnounAn animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
collidersnoun(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
emittedverb(transitive) To send out or give off.
positroniumnoun(physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (antielectron) and an electron, as a particle–anti-particle bound pair with no nucleus.
positonnoun(physics) A positron, especially when compared with a negaton
antiprotonnoun(physics) The antiparticle of the proton, having a negative electric charge.
protoniumnoun(physics) An exotic atom consisting of a proton bound to an antiproton.
antihydrogennoun(particle physics, uncountable) The antimatter equivalent of hydrogen, consisting of an antiproton and a positron (antielectron).
protronnounMisspelling of proton. [(particle physics) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.]
spositronnoun(physics) The supersymmetric partner of a positron.
protonnoun(particle physics) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
antiparticlenoun(particle 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.
antisparticlenoun(particle physics) The antiparticle of a sparticle.
dipositroniumnoun(physics) The short-lived combination of two positronium exotic atoms that are bound together in the same way as a hydrogen molecule
antimuonnoun(particle physics) A positively charged particle, the antiparticle corresponding to a muon.
antiatomnoun(particle physics) Any atom composed of antiparticles; an antimatter atom.
antileptonnoun(particle physics) The antiparticle of a lepton.
parapositroniumnoun(physics, attributive) The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have antiparallel spins

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