Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to particles that are smaller than an atom.
- adj. Having dimensions or participating in reactions characteristic of the constituents of the atom.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the relations of assumed particles or subdivisions of matter smaller than the atom: as, subatomic energy.
Wiktionary
- adj. physics Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.
- adj. Relating to any length or mass that is smaller in scale than a the diameter of a hydrogen atom.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of smaller than atomic dimensions
- adj. of or relating to constituents of the atom or forces within the atom
Examples
“The absurdity grows even more palpable among astrophysicists who avoid acknowledging the human-friendly pattern in subatomic and cosmic architecture found in the observable universe only by theorizing the existence of an infinite number of unobservable universes in which sovereign randomness has dictated other and more hostile architectures.”
“His senses enable him to detect objects and energies light years away, and to perceive matter and energy in subatomic detail; he can even see through time, and with concentration can achieve limited perception of past and future events in his general vicinity.”
“To others, it is at the speed of ideas, flickering with neon hues that burn and flare out in subatomic beats.”
“Theoretical Physics who did specialize in subatomic particles,”
“for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics" and the other half jointly to”
“for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics”
“Strassler proposed referring to the subatomic particle as "the evanescent yet essential Higgs boson.”
“Amico said she was also inspired by the site Who Murdered Robert Wone, which was created by four Washington area men to offer "subatomic" coverage of the unsolved killing of Wone, a lawyer for Radio Free Asia who was killed under mysterious circumstances in the home of a college friend in 2006.”
The Washington Post: Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim
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“Principles of quantum physics have led to high technologies like lasers, transistors and CAT scans but we have difficulty in figuring out and translating our thoughts of these 'subatomic' matter processes into our business language.”
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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