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English
Etymology
From super- + atom.
Pronunciation
Noun
superatom (plural superatoms)
- (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.
- (organic chemistry) One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature
Derived terms
Translations
a cluster of atoms which seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms
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