antinucleon

[an-tee-noo-klee-on, -nyoo-, an-tahy-]

noun Physics.

an antiproton or an antineutron.

Origin of antinucleon

First recorded in 1945–50; anti- + nucleon

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British Dictionary definitions for antinucleon

antinucleon

noun

an antiproton or an antineutron

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antinucleon in Science

antinucleon

[ăn′tē-nōō′klē-ŏn′, ăn′tī-]

The antiparticle that corresponds to a nucleon.