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English
Etymology
anti- + fermion
Noun
antifermion (plural antifermions)
- (physics) The antiparticle of a (specified) fermion
2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, →ISBN: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.
Translations
the antiparticle of a fermion