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- noun The antiparticle of the proton.
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- noun physics The
antiparticle of theproton , having anegative electric charge .
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- noun an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton
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Examples
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Antihydrogen is identical, except that it has a negatively charged proton, called an antiproton, and a positively charged electron, called a positron.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE 2011
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Antihydrogen is identical, except that it has a negatively charged proton, called an antiproton, and a positively charged electron, called a positron.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE 2011
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To commenter "antiproton": I am well researched on telomeres, telomerase and their role in both cancer and stem cells.
HH Com 608 (607 is reading Against the Day--still) Miss Snark 2006
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More recently, scientists have studied the collision of proton and antiproton particles.
Accelerator Finds New Gear Joe Barrett 2011
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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.)
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: Seeking the Lost Seeds of Big Bang PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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Researchers are optimistic about the use of antiproton in tumor irradiation in the future.
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: Seeking the Lost Seeds of Big Bang PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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Among his research papers one finds included, the discovery of neutral pions in cosmic rays (together with J. Hooper and D.T. King at Bristol University, England) and the first systematic study of antiproton annihilations (together with research groups at the University of California, Berkeley, USA).
CV of Gösta Ekspong 2010
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Researchers are optimistic about the use of antiproton in tumor irradiation in the future.
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: Seeking the Lost Seeds of Big Bang PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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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.)
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: Seeking the Lost Seeds of Big Bang PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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So one might get the impression that the antiproton result is a blow against the idea that we are seeing dark-matter annihilations.
Logophile77 commented on the word antiproton
I say we rename this to the conton.
January 23, 2018