interatomic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of interatomic
Example Sentences
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We look forward to cranking up the interatomic interaction strength in the lab and seeing what happens.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2023
The team used the approach to calculate basic properties of the molecules hydrogen and lithium hydride, such as how their energy states vary with interatomic distance.
From Nature ● Oct. 1, 2019
Contact forces result from the interaction of one object touching another object, and they arise from interatomic electric forces.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
And most importantly, it would support Steinhardt’s view that quasicrystals are true, stable states of matter shaped by unknown interatomic forces rather than random assemblages of atoms that eventually decompose.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2014
While one interatomic contact was slightly shorter than optimal, it was not out of line with several published values, and I was not disturbed.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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