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Definition of Subatomic particle

1. Noun. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions.

Definition of Subatomic particle

1. Noun. any of many units of matter smaller than an atom ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subatomic Particle

Literary usage of Subatomic particle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"The question still remained, What is this subatomic particle? It carried an electrical charge. It must, therefore, contain energy — electrical energy. ..."

2. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"The question still remained, What is this subatomic particle? It carried an electrical charge. It must, therefore, contain energy - electrical energy. ..."

3. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"The question still remained, What is this subatomic particle? It carried an electrical charge. It must, therefore, contain energy — electrical energy. ..."

4. The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness: A Physical Basis for Immaterialism by Samuel Avery (1995)
"The image of a subatomic particle, therefore, appears to tunnel through the non-space between quanta. Because an image is more fundamental than its ..."

5. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"... subatomic particle Any particle that is small compared to the size of the atom. (See also particle definition.) Superstring theory An attempt to explain ..."

6. Electricity and Magnetism by Benjamin Crowell (2002)
"... for the particles of which a cathode ray was made; a subatomic particle. Field. A property of a point in space describing the forces that would be ..."

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