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Meaning of "superatom" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUPERATOM

superatom  [ˈsuːpərˌætəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUPERATOM

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Superatom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUPERATOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Superatom

A superatom is any cluster of atoms that seem to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms. Sodium atoms, when cooled from vapor, naturally condense into clusters, preferentially containing a magic number of atoms. The first two of these can be recognized as the numbers of electrons needed to fill the first and second shells, respectively. The superatom suggestion is that free electrons in the cluster occupy a new set of orbitals that are defined by the entire group of atoms, i.e. cluster, rather than each individual atom separately Superatoms tend to behave chemically in a way that will allow them to have a closed shell of electrons, in this new counting scheme. Therefore, a superatom with one more electron than a full shell should give up that electron very easily, similar to an alkali metal, and a cluster with one electron short of full shell should have a large electron affinity, such as a halogen.

Definition of superatom in the English dictionary

The definition of superatom in the dictionary is a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUPERATOM


atom
ˈætəm
autumn
ˈɔːtəm
bottom
ˈbɒtəm
Chatham
ˈtʃætəm
custom
ˈkʌstəm
datum
ˈdeɪtəm
ecosystem
ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm
Euratom
jʊəˈrætəm
heteroatom
ˈhetərəʊˌætəm
item
ˈaɪtəm
momentum
məʊˈmɛntəm
multiatom
ˈmʌltɪˌætəm
phantom
ˈfæntəm
quantum
ˈkwɒntəm
subatom
ˈsʌbˌætəm
symptom
ˈsɪmptəm
system
ˈsɪstəm
Tatum
ˈteɪtəm
totem
ˈtəʊtəm
ultimatum
ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUPERATOM

superacute
superadd
superaddition
superadditional
superaerodynamics
superagency
superagent
superalloy
superaltar
superaltern
superambitious
superannuable
superannuate
superannuated
superannuation
superannuation fund
superate
superathlete
superation
superb

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUPERATOM

accustom
anti-atom
at bottom
black bottom
Bytom
Chrysostom
diatom
fantom
Foggy Bottom
front bottom
gram atom
John Chrysostom
long tom
mestom
muonic atom
rock bottom
rock-bottom
tom
tom-tom
touch bottom

Synonyms and antonyms of superatom in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «superatom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUPERATOM

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The translations of superatom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «superatom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超原子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

superátomo
570 millions of speakers

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superatom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

superatom
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذرة الفائقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Сверхатом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

superátomo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

superatom
260 millions of speakers

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superatom
220 millions of speakers

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Superatom
190 millions of speakers

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Superatom
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

超原子
130 millions of speakers

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superatom
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Superatom
85 millions of speakers
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superatom
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

superatom
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुपरतम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

superatom
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superatom
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

superatom
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Сверхатом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

superatom
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

superatom
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

superatom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

superatom
10 millions of speakers
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superatom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of superatom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPERATOM»

The term «superatom» is used very little and occupies the 178.248 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPERATOM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about superatom

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERATOM»

Discover the use of superatom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to superatom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Simulating the Physical World: Hierarchical Modeling from ...
In the next section we consider the special case of superatom models. 8.4 Superatom approach A special form of coarse graining is the representation of local groups of atoms by one particle, called a superatom. Superatoms are especially ...
Herman J. C. Berendsen, 2007
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Computer Chemistry
The concept of the superatom\ this is one of the prime concepts in CONGEN. A superatom represents any connected graph, which is treated as a single "atom" during the structure assembly. There are superatoms representing cycles and ...
Mario Marsili, 1989
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Advances in Carbon Research and Application: 2012 Edition
University. of. Pittsburgh: The. Electronic. Properties. of. Superatom. States. of. Hollow. Molecules. According to the authors of a study from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, “Electronic and optical properties of molecules and molecular solids are ...
‎2012
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Handbook of Chemoinformatics Algorithms
Graph-theoretically, a superatom is a connected isthmus-free multigraph (short cif -graph), that is, with no edge whose deletion would disconnect the graph. The number of free valences of the superatom is determined by the number of ...
Jean-Loup Faulon, Andreas Bender, 2010
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Multiscale Molecular Methods in Applied Chemistry
The number of real atoms collected into one superatom is often referred to as the degree of coarse-graining. It cannot be chosen completely arbitrarily, or else the essential physics of the polymer may be lost, as the following example shows.
Barbara Kirchner, Jadran Vrabec, 2011
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Proceedings of the Symposium on Recent Advances in the ...
INTRODUCTION Since the initial discovery of C^, it has been proposed that an atom or a small molecule could be trapped inside the empty fullerene cage, forming a superatom [1, 2]. Similar to ordinary atoms or superatoms in semiconductor ...
Karl M. Kadish, Rodney S. Ruoff, 1994
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Nanoclusters: A Bridge Across Disciplines
assemblies and properties. A simple and elegant framework in which clusters may be organized is by characterizing those whose properties and reactivity may be approximated by those of an atom and which behave like a superatom [6–12].
Purusottam Jena, Albert Welford Castleman, 2010
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The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
Nevertheless, the chemistry of the ammonium ion more closely resembles that of Rb+ and Cs+. Among the similarities are reactions with the [Co(NO2)6]3– anion, which give precipitates in the case of NH4+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+. Superatom ...
Eric R. Scerri, 2006
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Metal Clusters and Nanoalloys: From Modeling to Applications
A superatom is a stable quasispherical cluster with physical and chemical properties similar to those of an atom isovalent to it. Al−13 is a good example of a superatom because it satisfies both atomic shell closing and electronic shell closing ...
Marcelo Mario Mariscal, Oscar Alejandro Oviedo, Ezequiel Pedro Marcos Leiva, 2012
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Metal Nanoparticles and Nanoalloys
4.5. The. Unifying. Superatom. Concept. The above analysis of precisely known compositions and structures ... having a closed electron shell and a complete chemical protection of the metal core can be called a “noble-gas superatom”. 4.6.
Roy Luigi Johnston, Jess P. Wilcoxon, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPERATOM»

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Russian Scientists Discover New Kind Of Superatomic Nickel
Scientists at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry have discovered a unique molecular fragment “Ni2O2,” a superatom consisting of two nickel atoms and ... «International Business Times AU, Jun 15»
2
Boron-based atomic clusters mimic rare-earth metals
Early research into superatom clusters found that certain atoms or atomic combinations tended to cluster into particular numbers, known as magic numbers. «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
3
Superatom mimics for rare earth elements
Researchers in the US believe they may be able to create mimics of rare earth elements by making new 'superatoms' composed of atomic clusters of other ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Apr 15»
4
Aluminum "superatoms" hint at a new type of superconducting …
Specifically, they found out that while single atoms of aluminum only turn superconductive at very low temperatures (around 1 K), so-called "superatoms" ... «Gizmag, Feb 15»
5
Superatomic nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity
A superatom is a combination of two or more atoms that form a stable structural fragment and possess unique physical and chemical properties. Systems that ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
6
Warming up the world of superconductors
Superatoms actually behave in some ways like a giant atom. Electrons flow inside them in a predictable shell structure, as if in a single atom's electron cloud. «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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These superconductors are just getting warmed up
A team led by Vitaly Kresin, professor of physics at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, found that aluminum “superatoms” — homogenous ... «USC News, Feb 15»
8
Buckybowls for molecular circuits
The study has just been published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ("Buckybowl superatom states: a unique route for electron transport?"). «Nanowerk, Feb 15»
9
Physicists create superatom
The atoms are therefore connected with each other and constitute a single object – a superatom – with a hundred times enhanced excitation probability as ... «Nanowerk, Jan 15»
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Atomos Samurai Blade – new affordble disk recorder with 720p IPS …
“Blade introduces the SuperAtom IPS screen – super sharp, super bright, super blacks – right down to the last atom. At 325 dpi and a million pixels, this screen is ... «cinema5D news, Jul 14»

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