subelementary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ elementary

Adjective[edit]

subelementary (not comparable)

  1. (physics) At a more fundamental level than the elementary particles.
    • 2004, Vonda N. McIntyre, Star Trek: Signature Edition: Duty, Honor, Redemption, page 62:
      Genesis is a procedure by which the molecular structure of matter is broken down, not into subatomic parts as in nuclear fission, or even into elementary particles, but into subelementary particle-waves.
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