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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms.
2. 2
   One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature

Etymology

From super- + atom.

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