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antiworld en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + world.

Meanings

1. A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
   • 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. 1975, Sputnik, number 7:
   • It follows that somewhere antiworlds consisting of antiparticles are bound to wander. No traces of these antiworlds have as yet been found. 1982, Rudolʹf Konstantinovich Balandin, Vladimir Vernadsky:
   • There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands! 1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 75:

Forms

Synonyms

antiplanet

Translations (1)

pt antimundo (a hypothetical world constructed from antimatter)