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Etymology
From neutron + -ium. Coined by scientist Andreas von Antropoff in 1926 (before the discovery of the neutron in 1931; neutrons had been predicted to exist in 1920).
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neutronium (uncountable)
- (physics) A material composed entirely of neutrons.
- (physics) A hypothetical gravitationally bound system of a neutron and an antineutron (the onium of a neutron), not predicted to exist under normal circumstances.
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- neutron-antineutron system
- true neutronium
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