Antimeson

/ˈæntɪmɛzɒn/ noun

In particle physics, the antimatter equivalent of a meson (a subatomic particle made of a quark and antiquark pair).

From anti- + meson, where meson comes from Greek 'mesos' (middle). The term emerged in 1930s-40s particle physics when scientists discovered antimatter and needed names for antimatter versions of known particles.

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