superatom

superatom

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Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
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 *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós
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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
English superatom

    From super- + atom.

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    Noun

    superatom (plural superatoms)

    1. (physics, chemistry) A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms.
    2. (organic chemistry) One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature

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