ATOMIC PHYSICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic physics mean? 

• ATOMIC PHYSICS (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC PHYSICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC PHYSICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC PHYSICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

atomic physics; nuclear physics; nucleonics

Hypernyms ("atomic physics" is a kind of...):

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Meronyms (parts of "atomic physics"):

atomic theory (a theory of the structure of the atom)

Domain member category:

cross section ((physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns)

b; barn ((physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter)