subatomic
adjective
sub·atom·ic
ˌsəb-ə-ˈtä-mik 
1
: of or relating to the inside of the atom
2
: of, relating to, or being particles smaller than atoms
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Among those was providing the proper way to include gravity in the quantum theory of subatomic particles.
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Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
The bits in a classical computer have only two states, but qubits can have many by harnessing the properties of subatomic particles.
—Alison Snyder, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
But the shape gave only partial answers, producing amplitudes for only the shortest sequences of subatomic events.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Qubits are fast but error-prone, because they can be jostled by something as small as a subatomic particle from events in outer space.
—Stephen Nellis, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
The bits in a classical computer have only two states, but qubits can have many by harnessing the properties of subatomic particles.
—Alison Snyder, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
But the shape gave only partial answers, producing amplitudes for only the shortest sequences of subatomic events.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Qubits are fast but error-prone, because they can be jostled by something as small as a subatomic particle from events in outer space.
—Stephen Nellis, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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subatomic
adjective
sub·atom·ic
ˌsəb-ə-ˈtäm-ik
1
: of or relating to the inside of the atom
2
: of, relating to, or being particles smaller than atoms
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