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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008

an·ti·par·ti·cle / ˈantēˌpärtikəl; ˈantī-/ • n. Physics a subatomic particle having the same mass as a given particle but opposite electric or magnetic properties. Every kind of subatomic particle has a corresponding antiparticle.



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