atomic
About 16.21 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.
- adjective Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
atomic energy; atomic bombs
- adjective Very strong and overpowering.
- adjective Infinitesimally small.
The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic.
- adjective Unable to be split or made any smaller.
A bit is an atomic item of data.
- adjective Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
- adjective Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
- adjective Such that for every element b>0 there exists an atom a such that b≥a>0.
Similar words
nuclear atomlike microscopical microscopic thermonuclear minute small atom radiation ionizing
Often followed by
energy bomb weight number weights weapons absorption theory bombs structure
Word family
atomically
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