subnuclear particle
[suhb-noo-klee-er, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler]
- any of the elementary particles, including those that do not exist in stable matter but appear as a result of high-energy collisions of other particles or nuclei.
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Origin of subnuclear particle
Pronunciation note
See nuclear.
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