Definition of "antielectron" [antielectron]

• See positron. (noun)

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• "(In normal hydrogen atom an electron is bound to a proton, but in antihydrogen atom an antielectron (positron) is bound to an antiproton.)"
• "The first antielectron was produced in 1932, and particle accelerators helped scientists create the first antiproton in 1955."
• "If an electron hits an antielectron and is anihalated, does the wave equation field thing dissapear everywhere simultaneously?"