contraterrene
English
Alternative forms
- contra-terrene
- contra terrene
Etymology
- contra- + terrene
- Physics meaning from physicist Dirac's notion that an ordinary electron “rests” on the Dirac sea (terrene) whereas a positron exists as a “hole” in that sea (contra-terrene).
Adjective
contraterrene (comparative more contraterrene, superlative most contraterrene)
- Not terrestrial.
- (obsolete, physics) Of or pertaining to antimatter.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989