sub|nu|cle|ar

sub|nu|cle|ar
sub|nu|cle|ar «suhb NOO klee uhr, -NYOO-», adjective.
1. of or belonging within an atomic nucleus; being smaller than a nucleus: »

The restless genius of man, standing midway between the boundless fields of interstellar space and the tiny, teeming jungles of subnuclear particles (Newsweek).

2. of or having to do with the study of subnuclear particles: »

Consider the vast sums…happily sunk in the most far-out varieties of subnuclear physics because subnuclear research once delivered the military goods (New Scientist).


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