antiworld

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noun

A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.

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nounantiworld (plural antiworlds)

plural antiworlds

  1. astrophysicsA hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.

    There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!

    1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 75
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    But possibly there is an antiworld in which, in addition to matter, time is also negative. […] In such an antiworld man would grow younger with time and a broken glass would come together from its fragments.

    1975, Sputnik, number 7

    It follows that somewhere antiworlds consisting of antiparticles are bound to wander. No traces of these antiworlds have as yet been found.

    1982, Rudolʹf Konstantinovich Balandin, Vladimir Vernadsky

    Synonyms: antiplanet

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.

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Portuguese antimundo
  • antimundoa hypothetical world constructed from antimatter
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