ᵻlɛktɹˈɑːnɪk ˌæntɪkoʊˈɪnsɪdəns ɪz ɐ mˈɛθəd ænd ɪts ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd hˈɑːɹdwɛɹ wˈaɪdli jˈuːzd tə səpɹˈɛs ʌnwˈɔntᵻd, "bˈækɡɹaʊnd" ᵻvˈɛnts ɪn hˈaɪ ˈɛnɚdʒi fˈɪzɪks, ɛkspˌɛɹɪmˈɛntəl pˈɑːɹɾɪkəl fˈɪzɪks, ɡˈæmɚɹˈeɪ spɛktɹˈɑːskəpi, ɡˈæmɚɹˈeɪ ɐstɹˈɑːnəmi, ɛkspˌɛɹɪmˈɛntəl nˈuːklɪɹ fˈɪzɪks, ænd ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd fˈiːldz.
Electronic anticoincidence is a method (and its associated hardware) widely used to suppress unwanted, "background" events in high energy physics, experimental particle physics, gamma-ray spectroscopy, gamma-ray astronomy, experimental nuclear physics, and related fields.