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/ˌkɒntɹətəˈɹiːn/ · adjective
(obsolete in physics, science fiction) Made of or pertaining to antimatter..
This means just one thing: the instant contraterrene matter struck ordinary matter, a terrific explosion would occur!
Then I started jacking up the voltage, and modified the thing with a double-polarity field somewhat similar to the molecular motion field except that it works on a sub-nucleonic level. As a result, about half of the lead fed into the chamber became contraterrene lead! The atoms just turned themselves inside out, so to speak, giving us an atom with positrons circling a negatively charged nucleus.
Use contraterrene when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contraterrene means (obsolete in physics, science fiction) Made of or pertaining to antimatter..
Common synonyms include seetee.
Possible antonyms include terrene.
This means just one thing: the instant contraterrene matter struck ordinary matter, a terrific explosion would occur!
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