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antiprotone

antiproton

noun ahn-tee-proh-TOH-neh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: From Greek anti- (against) + proton (first); coined in modern physics.

Usage Note

Antiprotone is the antimatter counterpart of the proton, carrying a negative electric charge. It is a masculine noun: l'antiprotone, gli antiprotoni. The term belongs to particle physics and is used identically to its English equivalent. It was first produced at the Bevatron accelerator in 1955.

Examples

"L'antiprotone ha la stessa massa del protone."

Natural Translation

The antiproton has the same mass as the proton.

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