Sentence examples for on a subatomic scale from inspiring English sources

The collision between a pair of gold nuclei is a whopper on a subatomic scale.

The clue came: "Ironically, a metaphor meaning a huge step forward, but this 2-word process only occurs on a subatomic scale". The bet: $38,314.

Ouellette, a science writer and a fan of both shows, cites many examples of scientific principles at work in the fictional realm: "A high school girl becomes invisible after months of nobody noticing her — a clever twist on the quantum notion that observation determines the outcome of a subatomic-scale experiment".

To use an analogy, simple electric circuit is a little like a hose full of water only on the subatomic scale.

Behaviour on the subatomic scale is described by quantum mechanics, which began with the work of the German physicist Max Planck in 1900 and treats energy and other physical quantities in discrete units called quanta.

The theory of inflation is rooted in quantum mechanics, which operates on the subatomic scale.

The third realm of phenomena comprises the behaviour of matter and electromagnetic radiation on the atomic and subatomic scale.

Quantum mechanics, science dealing with the behaviour of matter and light on the atomic and subatomic scale.

Other units of energy also are used, in specific contexts, such as the still smaller unit, the electron volt, on the atomic and subatomic scale.

In effect, the complementarity principle implies that phenomena on the atomic and subatomic scale are not strictly like large-scale particles or waves (e.g., billiard balls and water waves).

Quantum theory, as Einstein discovered to his chagrin, reduces life on subatomic scales to a game of chance in which elementary particles can be here or there but not in between.