Antineutrino

/ˌæntɪnjuːˈtriːnoʊ/ noun

The antimatter counterpart of a neutrino, a ghostly subatomic particle with almost no mass that rarely interacts with ordinary matter.

From 'anti-' (prefix for antimatter) + 'neutrino' (from Italian physicist Fermi's diminutive of 'neutro'). Discovered in 1956 when scientists found evidence of antimatter particles.

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