Definitions for atomic
əˈtɒm ɪkatom·ic

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. atomic(adj)

   of or relating to or comprising atoms

   "atomic structure"; "atomic hydrogen"

2. nuclear, atomic(adj)

   (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy

   "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"

3. atomic(adj)

   immeasurably small

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. atomic(Adjective)

   Of, or relating to atoms

   A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted

2. atomic(Adjective)

   Of, or employing nuclear energy or processes

   We built a small atomic bomb in the garage

3. atomic(Adjective)

   Infinitesimally small

   The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic

4. atomic(Adjective)

   Unable to be split or made any smaller

   A bit is an atomic item of data

5. atomic(Adjective)

   Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all.

   In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic

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1. Atomic(adj)

   alt. of Atomical

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1. Atomic

   "Atomic" is a song by the American New Wave band Blondie, written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman. It was released as the third single from the band's Platinum-plus 1979 album Eat to the Beat.

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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.).

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1. atomic

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'atomic' in Adjectives Frequency: #966

How to pronounce atomic?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of atomic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of atomic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of atomic in a Sentence

1. Omar Bradley:

   The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

2. Shigeaki Mori:

   I felt like I was in a dream. I'm a victim of the atomic bombing and while he is not the person directly involved in it, he's the grandson of the man who ordered (it), now we shook hands, smiled and laughed. I cannot describe how moved I was. This is peace, I told myself.

3. Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh:

   We have underground tunnels around the country and under mountains, where we store our missiles... These tunnels can not be destroyed even if targeted by atomic bombs.

4. State John Kerry on Tuesday:

   I welcome today's consensus adoption by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG) of the resolution addressing the Director General's December 2 final assessment of the possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran's past nuclear program.

5. Albert Einstein:

   We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death. (on atomic energy)

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