antiworld
English
Noun
antiworld (plural antiworlds)
- (astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
- 1975, Sputnik, number 7:
- But possibly there is an antiworld in which, in addition to matter, time is also negative. […] In such an antiworld man would grow younger with time and a broken glass would come together from its fragments.
- 1982, Rudolʹf Konstantinovich Balandin, Vladimir Vernadsky:
- It follows that somewhere antiworlds consisting of antiparticles are bound to wander. No traces of these antiworlds have as yet been found.
- 1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 75:
- There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!
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a hypothetical world constructed from antimatter
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