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antihydrogen
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an·ti·hy·dro·gen  (nt-hdr-jn, nt-)
n.
The antimatter equivalent of hydrogen.
antihydrogen [ˈæntɪˌhaɪdrədʒən]
n
(Chemistry) hydrogen in which the nucleus is an antiproton with an orbiting positron
antihydrogen  (nt-hdr-jn, nt-)
The antimatter that corresponds to hydrogen. Antihydrogen has been useful in studies of the relationship between matter and antimatter, because its matter equivalent (hydrogen) is one of the most studied and most well understood forms of matter.
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Further study is motivated not only by fundamental interest but also because experiments may shed light on the physics of dense cores of gas giant planets like Jupiter, or guide efforts to create anti-hydrogen through the recombination of positrons and anti-protons.
ULTRACOLD NEUTRAL PLASMAS CREATED AT NIST by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Although most physicists discount the idea that anti-hydrogen might one day be developed as a very high potency fuel for interstellar rockets or superbombs, some scientists have not abandoned the dream of exploiting antimatter as a propellant.
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