contraterrene

alternative contra-terrene · alternative contra terrene

1. not comparableobsoleteliteratureMade of or pertaining to antimatter.

   This means just one thing: the instant contraterrene matter struck ordinary matter, a terrific explosion would occur!

   1952, Science Digest, volume 31, page 67

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   Then I started jacking up the voltage, and modified the thing with a double-polarity field somewhat similar to the molecular motion field except that it works on a sub-nucleonic level. As a result, about half of the lead fed into the chamber became contraterrene lead! The atoms just turned themselves inside out, so to speak, giving us an atom with positrons circling a negatively charged nucleus.

   1957, John W. Campbell, Islands of Space

   Synonyms: seetee · Antonyms: terrene