Antiproton

/ˌæntɪˈproʊtɑːn/ noun

The antiparticle of a proton, with the same mass but opposite electrical charge, predicted by physics theory and created in laboratories.

From 'anti-' (opposite) + 'proton,' combining the prefix with the subatomic particle name; term emerged from 1930s particle physics when antimatter was theoretically predicted.

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