Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subatomic

/ˌsʌbəˈtɑːmɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: sub-atom-ic
IPA: /ˌsʌbəˈtɑːmɪk/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

adj

Relating to something that is smaller in scale than the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The electron microscope is able to resolve detail at the subatomic level."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic English subatomic From sub- + atomic.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsʌbəˈtɑːmɪk/
British English: /ˌsʌbəˈtɒmɪk/

Derived Forms

subatomics

Phrases

subatomic particle

Frequently Paired Words

atomic subatomically subatomic particle

Rhymes With

economic non-economic islamic comic atomic socioeconomic macroeconomic balsamic ergonomic autonomic anatomic gastronomic

Questions

How do you pronounce subatomic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsʌbəˈtɑːmɪk/.
What does subatomic mean?: Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.
Where does subatomic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic English subatomic From sub- + atomic.

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