antinucleus

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English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ nucleus.

Noun

antinucleus (plural antinuclei)

  1. (particle physics) The nucleus of an antiatom
    • 1987, K. N. Mukhin, Experimental Nuclear Physics: Elementary particle physics, page 134:
      In 1970, a more complex antinucleus, antihelium-3 (iHe), was discovered in the USSR.
    • 1994, Sven Kullander, Kullander Sven, Börje Larsson, Out of Sight!: From Quarks to Living Cells, →ISBN, page 218:
      In principle the energy should have been enough for the production of even heavier antinuclei.

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