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"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "素粒子"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "souô-atonmique"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "subatomowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "subatómico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "subatômico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "subatomic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "subátomnyj",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "суба́томный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "subatómico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "subatomär"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "atomaltı"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
"word": "isatomig"
}
],
"word": "subatomic"
}
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