Antielement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The antimatter analog of an element; antiatom.

    "He began his analysis by assuming that antimatter could be produced in adequate quantity — which he believes impossible or extremely expensive with present-day technology — and that antihydrogen would be the easiest antielement to produce."

Example

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"He began his analysis by assuming that antimatter could be produced in adequate quantity — which he believes impossible or extremely expensive with present-day technology — and that antihydrogen would be the easiest antielement to produce."

Etymology

From anti- + element.

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