microphysics

microphysics
microphysical, adj.
/muy'kreuh fiz"iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the branch of physics dealing with physical objects that are not large enough to be observed and treated directly, as elementary particles, atoms, and molecules. Cf. particle physics.
[1880-85; MICRO- + PHYSICS]

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