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subatomic particles

subatomic particles is the plural of subatomic particle.

Meaning of subatomic particle

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

Questions about subatomic particles

What is subatomic particles the plural of?
Subatomic particles is the plural of subatomic particle.

Words near subatomic particles in the dictionary

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

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