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What does antimatter mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
  2. (physics) A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter.
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Theory suggests that, at the moment the universe was created, equal amounts of matter and antimatter were formed.
When a particle or atom of antimatter comes into contact with a particle or atom of normal matter, both are annihilated and energy is released.
He saw how magnetic traps could make antimatter useful in medicine, principally in tumor treatment.
Those equations and present particle physics say that matter and antimatter are equivalent.
What is CP violation and how does it explain the fact that matter outnumbers antimatter in the universe?
Why is the universe made of matter and not equal parts of matter and antimatter?

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