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(5.00 / 1 vote)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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. The IAEA:

   Iran has informed the agency that in order to comply with a legal act recently passed by the countrys parliament, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran intends to produce low-enriched uranium ... up to 20 percent at the Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant.

2. Jeff Kingston:

   The Hiroshima Peace Museum is the most visited site for school excursions and every year at this time the media is filled with stories about the nightmarish suffering of the hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) who eloquently recount what they endured.

3. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert:

   I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.

4. Albert Einstein:

   Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the pressure of fear, it would not do.

5. Intelligence MinisterMahmoud Alavi:

   You know in the past two decades, they tried their best to isolate my country, to make huge pressure over the country and you know, every foreign pressure over Iran is or has been or will be in favor of radicals and radicals love atomic Iran.

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