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antiworld

American  
[an-tee-wurld, an-tahy-] / ˈæn tiˌwɜrld, ˈæn taɪ- /

noun

  1. Physics. Often anti-worlds. a hypothetical world composed of antimatter.


antiworld British  
/ ˈæntɪˌwɜːld /

noun

  1. a hypothetical or supposed world or universe composed of antimatter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of antiworld

anti- + world

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Further study of this force should reveal just how precisely the antiworld duplicates the world.

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"A new and deeper world and antiworld symmetry is now believed to hold," says Lederman, "in which the antiworld does not only have antiparticles replace particles, but also is a mirror image of our world."

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California, he was implying, is the name we give our hopes and highest fantasies: an antiworld of sorts, governed by an antireality principle and driven by an antigravitational push.

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Of course, that sort of hypothesis is merely a fantastic antiworld.

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In the antiworld of the so-called anti-novelists of France, the characters often seem to grope toward each other like blind men buffeted in a high wind.

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