Meanings
- not comparablenatural sciencesRelating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greek*τομός (*tomós)
- Ancient Greekἄτομος (átomos)
- Latinatomu
- Middle Frenchathome
- Middle Englishattome
- Englishatom
- Englishatomic
- Englishsubatomic
Translations
Catalan subatòmic
- subatòmicrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Chinese Mandarin 亞原子 /亚原子
- 亞原子 /亚原子 (yàyuánzǐ)relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Czech subatomový
- subatomovýrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Dutch subatomair
- subatomairrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Esperanto subatoma
- subatomarelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Finnish subatomaarinen, subatominen
- subatomaarinenrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
- subatominenrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
French subatomique
- subatomiquerelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
German subatomar
- subatomarrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Greek υποατομικός
- υποατομικός (ypoatomikós)relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Hindi उपपरमाण्विक, अवपरमाणुक
- उपपरमाण्विक (upparmāṇvik)relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
- अवपरमाणुक (avparmāṇuk)relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Hungarian szubatomi
- szubatomirelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Icelandic smærri en frumeind, innan atóms
- smærri en frumeindrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
- innan atómsrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Irish fo-adamhach
- fo-adamhachrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Italian subatomico
- subatomicorelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Japanese 素粒子
- 素粒子 (soryūshi)relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Polish subatomowy
- subatomowyrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Portuguese subatómico, subatômico
- subatómicorelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
- subatômicorelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Romanian subatomic
- subatomicrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Russian суба́томный
- суба́томный (subátomnyj)relating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Spanish subatómico
- subatómicorelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Swedish subatomär
- subatomärrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Turkish atomaltı
- atomaltırelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Welsh isatomig
- isatomigrelating to particles that are smaller than an atom
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subatomic
Cite this entry
subatomic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subatomic
“subatomic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subatomic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subatomic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subatomic.
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