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antiatom

/an-tee-at-uhm, an-tahy-/US // ˈæn tiˌæt əm, ˈæn taɪ- //

反原子,抗原子,反原子弹,反物质

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Physics.

    • : an atom of antimatter.

Examples

  • In a new experiment, an ultraviolet laser quelled the thermal jitters of antihydrogen atoms, chilling the antiatoms to just above absolute zero.

  • Taming unruly antimatter with laser light may also allow physicists to measure the properties of antiatoms much more precisely, researchers report in the April 1 Nature.

  • Comparing antiatoms with normal atoms could test some fundamental symmetries of the universe.