antimatter
Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matterMatter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
» Antimatter is highly unstable.
Антивещество крайне нестабильно. — sharptoothed
Антиматерія надзвичайно нестабільна. — deniko
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
Antimaterie
антивещество́antiveščestvó, антимате́рияantimatérija
антимате́ріяantymatérija, антиречовина́antyrečovyná
matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances
(uncountable, usually)A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter.
Examples
10 sentencesAntimatter is highly unstable.
Антиматерія надзвичайно нестабільна. — deniko
ruАнтивещество крайне нестабильно. — sharptoothed
What do we know about antimatter?
Can we build an antimatter rocket?
Can we build an antimatter system?
We don't know why there's more matter than antimatter.
ruНам неизвестно, почему материи больше, чем антиматерии. — sharptoothed
Translations
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Origin
From anti- + matter. Coined by British physicist Arthur Schuster in 1898 to describe matteFrom anti- + matter. Coined by British physicist Arthur Schuster in 1898 to describe matter that resists gravity in a jocular article in Nature titled "Potential Matter.—A Holiday Dream", but not used in a modern sense until the 1940s.
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Forms
plural: antimattersWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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