submillimeter

[suhb-mil-uh-mee-ter]

adjective

1. less than a millimeter in size.

   a submillimeter wave.

Word History and Origins

Origin of submillimeter¹

First recorded in 1950–55; sub- + millimeter

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Toward the turn of the century, an upgraded Caltech Submillimeter Observatory started making maps of the sky.

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