superatom

  1. Noun.  (physics, chemistry) A cluster of atoms which seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms.
  2. Noun.  (organic chemistry) One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature.

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