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superatom

The English word “superatom” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms.
  2. One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature

Etymology

From super- + atom.

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