submillimeter

American  

[suhb-mil-uh-mee-ter] / sʌbˈmɪl əˌmi tər /

adjective

1. less than a millimeter in size.

   a submillimeter wave.

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Etymology

Origin of submillimeter

First recorded in 1950–55; sub- + millimeter

Example Sentences

Ortega-Jiménez conducted dozens of experiments, recording them with a special high-speed camera capable of capturing the midair trajectories of the submillimeter worms, which are essentially invisible to the human eye, at 10,000 frames per second.

From Science Daily

This study provides the first solid observational evidence that spheroids can form directly through intense star formation within the cores of highly luminous starburst galaxies in the early Universe, based on a new perspective from the submillimeter band.

From Science Daily

They found that the submillimeter emission in most of sample galaxies are very compact, with surface brightness profiles deviating significantly from those of exponential disks.

From Science Daily

This suggests that the submillimeter emission typically comes from structures that are already spheroid-like.

From Science Daily

The decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in July follows the removal of a University of Hawaii observatory a month earlier, and comes amid a cultural resurgence among native Hawaiians.

From Los Angeles Times