Meanings
plural subatomic particles
- particlenatural sciencesAny of many units of matter smaller than an atom.
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
nouna body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan partícula subatòmica
- partícula subatòmicaunit of matter smaller than an atom
Chinese Mandarin 次原子粒子, 亞原子粒子 /亚原子粒子
- 次原子粒子 (cìyuánzǐ lìzǐ)unit of matter smaller than an atom
- 亞原子粒子 /亚原子粒子 (yàyuánzǐ lìzǐ)unit of matter smaller than an atom
Finnish subatominen hiukkanen
- subatominen hiukkanenunit of matter smaller than an atom
French particule subatomique
- particule subatomiqueunit of matter smaller than an atom
German subatomares Teilchen
- subatomares Teilchenunit of matter smaller than an atom
Greek υποατομικό σωματίδιο
- υποατομικό σωματίδιο (ypoatomikó somatídio)unit of matter smaller than an atom
Hindi अवपरमाणुक कण
- अवपरमाणुक कण (avparmāṇuk kaṇ)unit of matter smaller than an atom
Hungarian szubatomi részecske
- szubatomi részecskeunit of matter smaller than an atom
Icelandic öreindir og kjarnar
- öreindir og kjarnarunit of matter smaller than an atom
Italian particella subatomica
- particella subatomicaunit of matter smaller than an atom
Māori irangota
- irangotaunit of matter smaller than an atom
Persian ذره زیراتمی
- ذره زیراتمیunit of matter smaller than an atom
Polish cząstka subatomowa
- cząstka subatomowaunit of matter smaller than an atom
Portuguese partícula subatómica
- partícula subatómicaunit of matter smaller than an atom
Romanian particulă subatomică
- particulă subatomicăunit of matter smaller than an atom
Russian субатомная части́ца
- субатомная части́ца (subatomnaja častíca)unit of matter smaller than an atom
Spanish partícula subatómica
- partícula subatómicaunit of matter smaller than an atom
Turkish atomaltı parçacık
- atomaltı parçacıkunit of matter smaller than an atom
Vietnamese hạt hạ phân tử, hạt hạ nguyên tử
- hạt hạ phân tửunit of matter smaller than an atom
- hạt hạ nguyên tửunit of matter smaller than an atom
Welsh gronyn isatomig
- gronyn isatomigunit of matter smaller than an atom
Cite this entry
subatomic particle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subatomic%20particle
“subatomic particle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subatomic%20particle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subatomic particle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subatomic%20particle.
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