Antielectron

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of positron.
  2. 2
    an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation wordnet

Example

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"A positron is an “antielectron”: it has the mass of an electron but a positive charge."

Etymology

From anti- + electron. Coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1928 using the spelling anti-electron.

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