Antielectron
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of positron.
- 2 an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"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.