"subatomic" meaning in English

See subatomic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɒmɪk Etymology: From sub- + atomic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|atomic}} sub- + atomic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subatomic (not comparable)
  1. (physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (relating to particles that are smaller than an atom): subatómicu (Asturian), subatòmic (Catalan), subatomový (Czech), subatomair (Dutch), subatoma (Esperanto), subatomaarinen (Finnish), subatomique (French), subatómico (Galician), subatomar (German), υποατομικός (ypoatomikós) [masculine] (Greek), szubatomi (Hungarian), smærri en frumeind [masculine] (Icelandic), innan atóms (Icelandic), fo-adamhach (Irish), subatomico (Italian), 素粒子 (soryūshi) (Japanese), souô-atonmique (Norman), subatomowy [masculine] (Polish), subatómico [Portugal] (Portuguese), subatômico [Brazil] (Portuguese), subatomic [masculine] (Romanian), суба́томный (subátomnyj) (Russian), subatómico (Spanish), subatomär (Swedish), atomaltı (Turkish), isatomig (Welsh)
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  2. Relating to something that is smaller in scale than the diameter of a hydrogen atom. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-subatomic-en-adj-~pYTCvGL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: atomic, subatomically, subatomic particle

Alternative forms

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      "word": "subatómico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "subatômico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subatomic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "subátomnyj",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "word": "суба́томный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "word": "subatómico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "word": "subatomär"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "word": "atomaltı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to particles that are smaller than an atom",
      "word": "isatomig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subatomic"
}

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