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annihilation

process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle to produce other particles
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Summary

annihilation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,335 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: process[2]
  • Commons category: Pair annihilation[3]
  • Opposite of: pair production[4]
  • Facet of: particle physics[5]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[6]
  • Different from: Annihilation[7]

Why It Matters

annihilation has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] annihilation is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-anihilacja.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-anihilacja.wav"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['1Sg4Qk', '20tPp0']
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → particle physics
    Opposite of → pair production
    Different from → Annihilation
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294847305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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