subatomic particle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(particle) Any of many units of matter smaller than an atom.
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.
2023 October 9, Dennis Overbye, “The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subatomic particles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Holonyms
Hyponyms
electron · neutron · elementary particle · fundamental particle · proton
Relateds
pion (Other articles) · baryon (Other articles) · meson (Other articles) · elementary particle (Other articles) · quark (Other articles) · tachyon (Other articles) · neutron (Other articles) · fundamental particle (Other articles) · lepton (Other articles) · hyperon (Other articles) · muon (Other articles) · boson (Other articles) · :Appendix:Subatomic particles · fermion (Other articles) · photon (Other articles) · proton (Other articles) · tauon (Other articles) · neutrino (Other articles) · hadron (Other articles) · antiparticle (Other articles) · electron (Other articles)
Synonyms
Translations (25)
vi hạt hạ phân tử (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · tr atomaltı parçacık (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · hu szubatomi részecske (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · ro particulă subatomică (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · fi subatominen hiukkanen (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · ca partícula subatòmica (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · cy gronyn isatomig (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · cmn 次原子粒子 (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · cmn 亞原子粒子 /亚原子粒子 (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · pl cząstka subatomowa (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · pt partícula subatómica (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · fa ذره زیراتمی (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · de subatomares Teilchen (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · ka სუბატომური ნაწილაკი (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · fr particule subatomique (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · es partícula subatómica (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · it particella subatomica (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · el υποατομικό σωματίδιο (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · nrf partitchule souô-atonmique (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · vi hạt hạ nguyên tử (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · ru субатомная части́ца (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · is öreindir og kjarnar (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · hi अवपरमाणुक कण (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · mi irangota (unit of matter smaller than an atom) · gl partícula subatómica (unit of matter smaller than an atom)