antielectron

1 9.9

A tiny particle like an electron but with a positive charge

noun
/ˌæn.tiˈɛl.ɪ.ktrɒn/

Archaic

: antielectrón

Examples

In fact, scientists can coax an antielectron and an antiproton to bond and create an atom of anti-hydrogen.

Academic text (2010)
And the creation of the e is compensated by the creation of an antielectron neutrino ve with antielectron flavor. Thus, the decay is

Academic text (1997)
And the creation of the e is compensated by the creation of an antielectron neutrino ve with antielectron flavor. Thus, the decay is

Academic text (1997)
In 1932, the American physicist Carl David Anderson discovered the antielectron, the positively charged antimatter counterpart of the negatively charged electron.
The discovery of the antielectron was one of the great triumphs of theoretical physics, as its existence had been predicted just a few years earlier.
Scientists can create pairs of antielectrons and electrons during high-energy particle collisions in particle accelerators.

Synonyms

positron

vsantielectron

Specialized

9 9.3

A tiny particle like an electron but with a positive electric charge

refers to the same particle but as an alternative name

Surface Forms

antielectron singular

antielectrons plural

Morphology

antielectron = electron (transparent) = anti + electron

The word is transparently formed from anti- plus electron, yielding the expected scientific sense of an opposing or corresponding antiparticle.

Etymology

Antielectron has the beginning anti- meaning 'opposite' and the word electron, the tiny charged particle that gives us the word 'electric'. So an antielectron is the 'opposite' of an electron: it has the same mass but a positive charge, which is why it is also called a 'positron'.