antilepton
/ˌæntiˈlɛptɑn/
noun
- The antiparticle of a lepton (such as an electron, muon, or tau). Antileptons have the same mass as their corresponding lepton but opposite electric charge and other quantum properties.
- Each lepton has a matching antilepton with opposite charge.
- Scientists observed the creation of an antilepton in the high-energy collision.
- In particle physics, a positron is the antilepton of an electron.