MEANING
Smaller than an atom, or concerning particles and structures within atoms.
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- subatomic particle
- subatomic scale
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The detector registered a stream of subatomic particles.
The reaction involved processes at a subatomic scale.
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- subatomic
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a scale classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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