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  • adjective physics One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to green in a quark.
  • adjective Opposed to environmentally-based politics.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ green

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Examples

  • Antiquarks have the colour charges antired, antiblue or antigreen.

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 - Information for the Public 2004

  • According to Markey and Waxman's rundown of 110 antienvironment votes made by the House so far this year, on average 97% of Republican members voted for the antigreen positions, while 84% of Democrats supported the progreen position.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • That antigreen ideology has only been stiffened by the rise of the Tea Party, and Republican presidential candidates on the campaign trail are fighting to see who can come across as more hostile to environmental regulations.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • Whereas electric charge can vary between two poles, positive and negative, color charge is theorized to consist of six separate aspects: red, green, blue, antired, antigreen and antiblue.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Whereas electric charge can vary between two poles, positive and negative, color charge is theorized to consist of six separate aspects: red, green, blue, antired, antigreen and antiblue.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Whereas electric charge can vary between two poles, positive and negative, color charge is theorized to consist of six separate aspects: red, green, blue, antired, antigreen and antiblue.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Whereas electric charge can vary between two poles, positive and negative, color charge is theorized to consist of six separate aspects: red, green, blue, antired, antigreen and antiblue.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Whereas electric charge can vary between two poles, positive and negative, color charge is theorized to consist of six separate aspects: red, green, blue, antired, antigreen and antiblue.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Whereas electric charge can vary between two poles, positive and negative, color charge is theorized to consist of six separate aspects: red, green, blue, antired, antigreen and antiblue.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The first reaction is often that an increase in solid waste associated with a disposable flow path is antigreen; yet, notes Jerry Martin, svp, scientific affairs at

    GEN News Highlights 2009

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