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antineutrino Definition

anti·neu·trino (an′tī no̵̅o̅ trē′nō; -tē-, -ti-)

noun

the antiparticle of the neutrino, with no charge and a rest mass close to zero: it is emitted during radioactive decay

antineutrino Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • interaction: Like the search for top quarks at Fermilab, the search for electron antineutrino interactions at Los Alamos is a numbers game.

Noun used with modifier

  • electron: Like the search for top quarks at Fermilab, the search for electron antineutrino interactions at Los Alamos is a numbers game.