Definitions for antiparticles

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antiparticles an·ti·par·ti·cle

Spelling: [an-tee-pahr-ti-kuh l, an-tahy-]

IPA: /ˈæn tiˌpɑr tɪ kəl, ˈæn taɪ-/

Antiparticles is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 2626 anagrams from letters in antiparticles (aaceiilnprstt).

Definitions for antiparticles

noun

1. a particle all of whose properties, as mass, spin, or charge, have the same magnitude as but, where appropriate, the opposite sign of a specific elementary particle; neutral pions, photons, and gravitons are considered to be their own antiparticles: Compare antimatter, annihilation (def 3).
2. a particle all of whose properties, as mass, spin, or charge, have the same magnitude as but, where appropriate, the opposite sign of a specific elementary particle; neutral pions, photons, and gravitons are considered to be their own antiparticles: Compare antimatter, annihilation (def 3).

Origin of antiparticles

First recorded in 1930-35; anti- + particle