superatomic

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adjective

Describing a Boolean algebra in which each subalgebra is atomic.

OriginEnglish atomic ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

superatomic1

adjectivesuperatomic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsDescribing a Boolean algebra in which each subalgebra is atomic.
  2. not comparablenatural sciencesOn a larger scale than the atomic.

superatomic2

adjectivesuperatomic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryPertaining to superatoms.

Origin

superatomic · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishatomic
  8. Englishsuperatomic

From super- + atomic.

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superatomic · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  10. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  12. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  13. Ancient Greek*τομός (*tomós)
  14. Ancient Greekἄτομος (átomos)
  15. Latinatomu
  16. Middle Frenchathome
  17. Middle Englishattome
  18. Englishatom
  19. Englishsuperatom
  20. Englishsuperatomic

From superatom + -ic.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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