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Subatomic vs Quindecuplet - What's the difference?

subatomic | quindecuplet |

As an adjective subatomic

is relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

As a noun quindecuplet is

a multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.

subatomic

English

Adjective

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  • (physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.
  • Relating to any length or mass that is smaller in scale than a the diameter of a hydrogen atom.
    • The electron microscope is able to resolve detail at the subatomic level.

    Related terms

    * atomic * subatomically * subatomic particle

    quindecuplet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, particle physics) A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.
  • * 1988 : Wolfgang Ludwig and Claus Falter, Symmetries in Physics: Group Theory Applied to Physical Problems , page 310 (2nd ed.; Springer–Verlag; ISBN 3540180214, 9783540180210)
    • Exercise 11.10.' Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of ????????(3) and in the ' quindecuplet of ????????(4) according to (11.4.60).