English word antimatter comes from English matter, English anti-
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| matter | English (eng) | (dated) Pus.. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.. (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.. (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).. [...] |
| anti- | English (eng) | (immunology) That reacts with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.. Against, hostile to.. Contrasting with the norm.. Counteracting, neutralizing.. Opposite of, reverse.. Physically opposite: applied to mountain ranges.. Related to antiparticles. |
| antimatter | English (eng) | (physics) A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter.. (physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. |