Subatomic

Quick meaning: Subatomic is an adjective meaning (physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

Meaning

(physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

More Meanings

1. Relating to something that is smaller in scale than the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

Example Sentences

The electron microscope is able to resolve detail at the subatomic level.

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 Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that exists for one-thousandth of an attosecond before decaying.

Synonyms for subatomic

Depending on context, synonyms include small, microscopic, microscopical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microscopical, microscopic, small, sub atomic, elementary, subelementary.

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