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subatomic particle

subatomic particle noun: any of many units of matter smaller than an atom.

Noun

subatomic particle (plural subatomic particles)

  1. (particle) Any of many units of matter smaller than an atom.
    • 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

subatomic particle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Persian and Vietnamese

subatomic particle in Hindi

unit of matter smaller than an atom
अवपरमाणुक कण avparmāṇuk kaṇ

subatomic particle in Tamil

அணுவகத் துகள், அணு உட்துகள்

subatomic particle in Persian

unit of matter smaller than an atom
ذره زیراتمی

subatomic particle in Vietnamese

unit of matter smaller than an atom
hạt hạ phân tử, hạt hạ nguyên tử

Forms of subatomic particle

pluralsubatomic particles

Questions about subatomic particle

What does subatomic particle mean?
Subatomic particle means any of many units of matter smaller than an atom.
What is subatomic particle in Hindi?
Subatomic particle in Hindi is अवपरमाणुक कण (avparmāṇuk kaṇ). See Subatomic particle meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is subatomic particle?
Subatomic particle is a noun.
What is the plural of subatomic particle?
The plural of subatomic particle is subatomic particles.

Words near subatomic particle in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subatomic particle (page history and authors); subatomic particle (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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