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subatomic

/ˌsʌbəˈtɒmɪk/US/ˌsʌbəˈtɑːmɪk/

subatomic adjective: relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

Adjective

subatomic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.
    • We humans are so stuck in the middle of the cosmic scales — in average height, one-hundredth of one-septillionth (10^-24) the size of the observable universe, and with typical life spans of a couple octillion attoseconds. And an attosecond is an eternity compared with the lifetime of the elusive...2023 October 9, Dennis Overbye, “The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023
  2. Relating to something that is smaller in scale than the diameter of a hydrogen atom.
    • The electron microscope is able to resolve detail at the subatomic level.

subatomic meaning in Hindi and Tamil

subatomic in Hindi

relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
उपपरमाण्विक upparmāṇvik, अवपरमाणुक avparmāṇuk

subatomic in Tamil

அணு உட்கூறமைவு சார்ந்த

Origin of subatomic

From sub- + atomic.

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Phrases with subatomic

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Questions about subatomic

What does subatomic mean?
Subatomic means relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.
What is subatomic in Hindi?
Subatomic in Hindi is उपपरमाण्विक (upparmāṇvik), अवपरमाणुक (avparmāṇuk). See Subatomic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is subatomic?
Subatomic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce subatomic?
Subatomic is pronounced /ˌsʌbəˈtɒmɪk/ (UK).

Words near subatomic in the dictionary

  1. subatlantic
  2. subatmosphere
  3. subatmospheres
  4. subatmospheric
  5. subatom
  6. subatomic
  7. subatomic particle
  8. subatomic particles
  9. subatomically
  10. subatomics
  11. subatoms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subatomic (page history and authors); subatomic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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