Difference between revisions of "Annihilation"
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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1647] | *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1647] | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
| − | 1. Annihilation of the [[self]] (as in [[mystical]] [[contemplation]] of [[God]]) | + | *1. Annihilation of the [[self]] (as in [[mystical]] [[contemplation]] of [[God]]) |
| − | 2..The [[action]] or [[process]] of reducing to nothing, or of blotting out of [[existence]]. | + | *2..The [[action]] or [[process]] of reducing to nothing, or of blotting out of [[existence]]. |
:a. materially. | :a. materially. | ||
:b. Theol. The destruction of [[soul]] as well as [[body]]. | :b. Theol. The destruction of [[soul]] as well as [[body]]. | ||
:c. Of conditions and circumstances: The bringing to an end; [[total]] abrogation. | :c. Of conditions and circumstances: The bringing to an end; [[total]] abrogation. | ||
:d. Of [[collective]] and [[complex]] bodies: The [[action]] of destroying their combined or organized existence; effectual destruction. | :d. Of [[collective]] and [[complex]] bodies: The [[action]] of destroying their combined or organized existence; effectual destruction. | ||
| − | 3. The [[state]] of nothingness resulting from blotting out of [[existence]]. | + | *3. The [[state]] of nothingness resulting from blotting out of [[existence]]. |
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''Annihilation''' is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object; having its [[root]] in the [[Latin]] nihil (nothing). A [[literal]] [[translation]] is "to make into nothing". | '''Annihilation''' is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object; having its [[root]] in the [[Latin]] nihil (nothing). A [[literal]] [[translation]] is "to make into nothing". | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 9 May 2010
- Date: 1647
Definitions
- 1. Annihilation of the self (as in mystical contemplation of God)
- 2..The action or process of reducing to nothing, or of blotting out of existence.
- a. materially.
- b. Theol. The destruction of soul as well as body.
- c. Of conditions and circumstances: The bringing to an end; total abrogation.
- d. Of collective and complex bodies: The action of destroying their combined or organized existence; effectual destruction.
Description
Annihilation is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object; having its root in the Latin nihil (nothing). A literal translation is "to make into nothing".
In physics, the word is used to denote the process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle. Since energy and momentum must be conserved, the particles are not actually made into nothing, but rather into new particles. Antiparticles have exactly opposite additive quantum numbers from particles, so the sums of all quantum numbers of the original pair are zero. Hence, any set of particles may be produced whose total quantum numbers are also zero as long as conservation of energy and conservation of momentum are obeyed.
During a low-energy annihilation, photon production is favored, since these particles have no mass. However, high-energy particle colliders produce annihilations where a wide variety of exotic heavy particles are created.[1]
