subatomic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

Adjective

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.
2. Relating to any length or mass that is smaller in scale than a the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

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

Related terms

• atomic
• subatomically
• subatomic particle

Translations

relating to particles that are smaller than an atom

• Asturian: subatómicu (ast)
• Catalan: subatòmic (ca)
• Czech: subatomový (cs)
• Dutch: subatomair (nl)
• Esperanto: subatoma (eo)
• Finnish: subatomaarinen (fi)
• French: subatomique (fr)
• Galician: subatómico (gl)
• German: subatomar (de)

• Greek: υποατομικός (el) (ypoatomikós) m 
• Icelandic: smærri en frumeind (is) m, innan atóms (is)
• Irish: fo-adamhach (ga)
• Italian: subatomico (it)
• Japanese: 素粒子 (ja) (soryūshi)
• Portuguese: subatómico (pt) (Portugal), subatômico (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: subatomic (ro) m
• Spanish: subatómico (es)