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adj
Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English fine English hyperfine From hyper- + fine.
