antideeltje

Dutch

Etymology

From anti- +‎ deeltje, probably a calque of English antiparticle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tiˌdeːl.tjə/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧deel‧tje

Noun

antideeltje n (plural antideeltjes)

1. (physics) antiparticle [from late 1930s]
   • 1939, Frederik Jozef Belinfante, “Samenvatting”, in Theory of Heavy Quanta, page 123, footnote:

     D.w.z. protonen, neutronen en hun antideeltjes.

     That is to say protons, neutrons and their antiparticles.