Meanings
nounantifermion (plural antifermions)
plural antifermions
- particlenatural sciencesThe antiparticle of a (specified) fermion
To have anti-iron we need the fundamental antifermions (positrons), the antiparticles (antimesons and antibaryons) and the property that these antiparticles must interact like the particles in order to have the antinucleus of the iron.
2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Brazilian Portuguese antiférmion
- antiférmionthe antiparticle of a fermion
European Portuguese antifermião
- antifermiãothe antiparticle of a fermion
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