POSITRON


Meaning of POSITRON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpä-zə-ˌträn ]

noun

Etymology: posi tive + -tron (as in electron )

Date: 1933

: a positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of the electron — called also antielectron

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