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positronium

positronium

English

Noun

positronium (plural positroniums or positronia) (Symbol: Ps)

  1. (physics, chemistry) An exotic atom consisting of a positron and an electron, but having no nucleus
  2. (physics) An onium consisting of a positron (anti-electron) and an electron, as a particleanti-particle bound pair.

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(exotic atom):

(onium):