antiworld

noun

Etymology

From anti- + world.

  1. inherited from *weraldiz — “lifetime, human existence, world
  2. inherited from *weraldi
  3. inherited from weorold — “world
  4. inherited from world
  5. prefixed as antiworld — “anti + world

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.

    • But possibly there is an antiworld in which, in addition to matter, time is also negative. […] In such an antiworld man would grow younger with time and a broken glass would come together from its fragments.
    • It follows that somewhere antiworlds consisting of antiparticles are bound to wander. No traces of these antiworlds have as yet been found.
    • There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antiworld. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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