antiproton

See also: antipróton

English

Alternative forms

  • anti-proton

Etymology

From anti- +‎ proton.

Noun

antiproton (plural antiprotons)

  1. (physics) The antiparticle of the proton, having a negative electric charge.
    • 2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 146:
      There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ti.pʁɔ.tɔ̃/
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Noun

antiproton m (plural antiprotons)

  1. (physics) antiproton

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antiproton.

Noun

antiproton m (plural antiprotoni)

  1. antiproton

Declension

Declension of antiproton
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative antiproton antiprotonul antiprotoni antiprotonii
genitive-dative antiproton antiprotonului antiprotoni antiprotonilor
vocative antiprotonule antiprotonilor