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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

partícula subatômica

Pronunciation / Transliteration: par-ti-cu-la su-ba-tó-mi-ca

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subatomic particle/ˌsʌb.əˈtɒm.ɪk ˈpɑː.tɪ.kl̩/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Os elétrons são partículas subatômicas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A particle that is smaller than an atom, such as a proton, neutron, or electron.

    "Electrons are subatomic particles that orbit the nucleus of an atom."
  2. 2

    Any of the fundamental constituents of matter and radiation.

    "Quarks are considered subatomic particles that make up protons and neutrons."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix sub- (meaning 'below' or 'beneath') combined with atomic (from Latin atomus, from Greek atomos 'indivisible'), alongside particle (from Latin particula, a small part). The term emerged in modern physics during the late 19th and early 20th discoveries of constituents smaller than the previously theorized indivisible atom.

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