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antineutrino
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an·ti·neu·tri·no  (nt-n-trn, -ny-, nt-)
n. pl. an·ti·neu·tri·nos
The antiparticle of the neutrino.
antineutrino  (nt-n-trn, nt-)
The antiparticle that corresponds to the neutrino.
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Noun1.antineutrino - the antiparticle of a neutrino
antilepton - the antiparticle of a lepton


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He, Suzuki, and other scientists proposed years ago that KamLAND could detect Earth-derived antineutrinos even though the detector was designed to observe properties of more energetic antineutrinos from nuclear-power reactors (SN: 12/14/02,19.
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