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 Definitions of atomic  [əˈtɒm ɪk]  

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Definition of 'atomic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) atomic
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
an atomic explosion; atomic structure; atomic theory.

2.  atomic
existing as free, uncombined atoms:
atomic hydrogen.

3.  atomic
extremely minute.

Etymology:  (1670–80)

Definition of 'atomic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) atomic
of or relating to or comprising atoms
"atomic structure"; "atomic hydrogen"

2. (adj) nuclear, atomic
(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
"nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"

3. (adj) atomic
immeasurably small


Definition of 'atomic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) atomic
relating to energy from splitting atoms
atomic power

2.  atomic
relating to atoms
atomic theory


Definition of 'atomic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) atomic
alt. of Atomical


Definitions of 'atomic' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  atomic
[from Gk. atomos, indivisible]

1. Indivisible; cannot be split up. For example, an instruction may be said to do several things ‘atomically’, i.e., all the things are done immediately, and there is no chance of the instruction being half-completed or of another being interspersed. Used esp. to convey that an operation cannot be screwed up by interrupts. “This routine locks the file and increments the file's semaphore atomically.

2. [primarily techspeak] Guaranteed to complete successfully or not at all, usu. refers to database transactions. If an error prevents a partially-performed transaction from proceeding to completion, it must be “backed out”, as the database must not be left in an inconsistent state.

Computer usage, in either of the above senses, has none of the connotations that ‘atomic’ has in mainstream English (i.e. of particles of matter, nuclear explosions etc.).


Translation of 'atomic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: anything very small
There's not an atom of truth in what she says.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: atomies Arabic flag Arabic: ذَرّي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: атомен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atômico Czech flag Czech: atomový German flag German: Atom-...
Danish flag Danish: atom- Greek flag Greek: ατομικός Spanish flag Spanish: atómico
Estonian flag Estonian: aatom(i)- Farsi flag Farsi: اتمی Finnish flag Finnish: atomi-
French flag French: atomique Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָטוֹמִי, גַרעִינִי Hindi flag Hindi: परमाण्विक
Croatian flag Croatian: atomski Hungarian flag Hungarian: atom- Indonesian flag Indonesian: dari atom
Icelandic flag Icelandic: atóm-, kjarnorku-; örsmár Italian flag Italian: atomico Japanese flag Japanese: 原子の
Korean flag Korean: 원자의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atominis Latvian flag Latvian: atoma-
Malay flag Malay: atom Dutch flag Dutch: atoom- Norwegian flag Norwegian: atom-
Polish flag Polish: atomowy Persian flag Persian: اتمی Pashto flag Pashto: اتومی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: atómico Romanian flag Romanian: atomic Russian flag Russian: атомный
Slovak flag Slovak: atómový Slovenian flag Slovenian: atomski Serbian flag Serbian: atomski
Swedish flag Swedish: atomisk Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับปรมาณู Turkish flag Turkish: atomla ilgili
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 原子的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: атомний Urdu flag Urdu: ایٹمی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc nguyên tử Chinese flag Chinese: 原子的

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