positronium

English

Etymology

positron +‎ -ium

Noun

positronium (plural positroniums or positronia) (Symbol: Ps)

(physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (anti-electron) and an electron, as a particle–anti-particle bound pair with no nucleus.

Derived terms

(exotic atom):

Translations

exotic atom

Chinese:
Mandarin: 電子偶素／电子偶素 (diànzǐ'ǒusù), 正電子素／正电子素 (zhèngdiànzǐsù)
German: Positronium (de) n
Hungarian: pozitrónium
Ido: positronio
Italian: positronio m
Russian: позитроний (ru) m (pozitronij)
Spanish: positronio (es) m

See also

(exotic atom):

muonium

(onium):

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