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HYPERFINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperfine mean?
• HYPERFINE (adjective)
The adjective HYPERFINE has 1 sense:
1. extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
Familiarity information: HYPERFINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
Context example:
hyperfine structure
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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