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atom
  1. (chemistry) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. [from 16th c.]
  2. (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. [from 15th c.]
  3. (now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. [from 17th c.]
  4. (now historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second. [from 10th c.]
  5. A mote of dust in a sunbeam. [from 16th c.]
  6. A very small amount; a whit. [from 17th c.]
  7. (computing) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value. [from 20th c.]
  8. (mathematics) A non-zero member of a Boolean algebra that is not a union of any other elements. [from 20th c.]
  9. (mathematics) An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement. [from 20th c.]
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “There can thus be no doubt that the alpha particle becomes a helium atom when its positive charge is neutralized.”
      “The copper forms a square lattice with an oxygen atom bridging each pair of copper atoms.”
      “The molecules or anions attached to the central atom are called coordinating groups or ligands.”
atomicity
  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being atomic—of being indivisible.
  2. (chemistry) The number of atoms in a molecule.
  3. (computing) The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete.
  4. Examples:
    1. “In this paper, we deal with the problem of atomicity and isolation in the context of processes.”
      “There have been a number of cases presented where atomicity over a group of operations has been desirable.”
      “So that the most recent researches into electricity confirm and establish the atomicity of the Aether.”
atomism
  1. (philosophy) The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.
  2. (philosophy) The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Moreover, Descartes's mechanical philosophy was ultimately no different from all other forms of atomism.”
      “Two factors weighed against any widespread acceptance of the classical version of atomism.”
      “The principal one, a child of its times, was molecular associationism, a metaphoric extension of the atomism of nineteenth-century physics.”
atomist
  1. An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
  2. An adherent of the atomic theory.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Boyle argued that only by laying hold of atomist ideas could the occult and teleological influence of the alchemists be removed from the subject.”
      “Descartes's vision of science thus combined the Archimedean, the Pythagorean, and the atomist points of view.”
      “He was not an atomist in the mould of Democritus, but he did conceive of atom-like fundamental particles of the four Empedoclean elements.”
atomtronics
  1. (physics) The design, manufacture and study of analogs of electronics using atoms (especially Bose-Einstein condensates) at low temperature
atompunk
  1. A subgenre of speculative fiction, based on the technology and society of the atomic era.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In fact, there was a fair amount of stuff around in the 60s and 70s that can only be explained as cross-dimensional leakage from an Atompunk universe.”
atomics
  1. The study of physics at an atomic level.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Now, with atomics and filters on every stack in every home, the city was clean.”
      “But that's quite all right because, as it happens, I'm an atomics technician and I even worked on that very bomb.”
      “Behind the atomics were the Kruchek drivers, twin brawny giants chained to the treadmill they pushed through the skies.”
atomisation
  1. Alternative spelling of atomization
  2. Examples:
    1. “But with Labour's opposition and scepticism about the atomisation of the railway, there were few bidders.”
      “Signs of this characteristic duality, the coexistence of civil atomisation and popular inflammability, can be found in the deep structures of much French thought.”
      “There is a growing sense of atomisation and alienation in the West.”
atomization
  1. The act, or an instance of atomizing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The whole affair only contributed to the atomization of the political spectrum.”
      “What's more, its watertightness allows the treatment by way of atomization.”
      “Before starting the pump,it is important to send a small amount of atomization air to the gun.”
atomology
atomus
  1. Obsolete form of atom.
atomics
  1. plural of atomic
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Now, with atomics and filters on every stack in every home, the city was clean.”
      “But that's quite all right because, as it happens, I'm an atomics technician and I even worked on that very bomb.”
      “Behind the atomics were the Kruchek drivers, twin brawny giants chained to the treadmill they pushed through the skies.”
atomic
  1. (computing) An atomic operation.
atomizations
atomisations
  1. plural of atomisation
atomicities
  1. plural of atomicity
atomologies
atomists
  1. plural of atomist
atomisms
  1. plural of atomism
atomi
  1. plural of atomus
atoms
  1. plural of atom
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By combining the register and gate there would then be all the basic components available for developing a quantum computer with neutral atoms.”
      “The basic idea of quantum computing is to store data in the nuclei of atoms by altering their orientation, thereby producing a binary scheme.”
      “The active site of a heterogeneous catalyst can be thought of as the ensemble of atoms that directly catalyzes a reaction.”
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