subnucleonic

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ nucleonic.

Adjective

subnucleonic (not comparable)

1. (physics) Less than that of a nucleon
   • 2016, Piotr Bozek, Wojciech Broniowski, Maciej Rybczynski, “Wounded quarks in A+A, p+A, and p+p collisions”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     The inclusion of subnucleonic degrees of freedom allows us to analyze p+p collisions in an analogous way, with predictions that can be used in further collective evolution.