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Meaning of antilepton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The antiparticle of a lepton.

particle

Equivalents

Français antilepton
Italiano antileptone

Examples

“When a W⁺ boson decays into a positron and a neutrino, lepton number is conserved because the W⁺ boson is a non-lepton, the neutrino is a lepton, and the positron is an antilepton. Likewise, when a W⁻ boson decays into an electron and an antineutrino, lepton number is conserved because the W⁻ boson is a non-lepton, the electron is a lepton, and the antineutrino is an antilepton.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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