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Dutch
Etymology
From anti- + deeltje, probably a calque of English antiparticle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑn.tiˌdeːl.tjə/
- Hyphenation: an‧ti‧deel‧tje
Noun
antideeltje n (plural antideeltjes)
- (physics) antiparticle
1939, Frederik Jozef Belinfante, “Samenvatting”, in Theory of Heavy Quanta, page 123, footnote:D.w.z. protonen, neutronen en hun antideeltjes.- That is to say protons, neutrons and their antiparticles.