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Adjective

Of, or relating to atoms
* A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted
Of, or employing nuclear energy or processes
* We built a small atomic bomb in the garage
infinitesimally|Infinitesimally small
* The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic
Unable to be split or made any smaller
* A bit is an atomic item of data

Antonyms

molecular (1)

Derived terms

Translations

Czech: {{t-|cs|atomový|m}}

Russian: {{t+|ru|атомный|sc=Cyrl|m}}

Albanian: atomik
Dutch: atomisch
Finnish: ydin- (1), atomi- (1, 2), atomaarinen (2), atominen (2)
German: atomar (1-4)
Italian: atomico , atomica
Japanese: 原子の (genshi no)
Swedish: atomisk (1,3,4), atomär (1,4), atom- (2)

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Atomic \A*tom"ic\, Atomical \A*tom"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. atomique.]
1. Of or pertaining to atoms.
[1913 Webster]

2. Extremely minute; tiny.
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Atomic bomb, see atom bomb in the vocabulary.

Atomic philosophy, or Doctrine of atoms, a system which,
assuming that atoms are endued with gravity and motion,
accounted thus for the origin and formation of all things.
This philosophy was first broached by Leucippus, was
developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by
Epicurus, and hence is sometimes denominated the Epicurean
philosophy.

Atomic theory, or the Doctrine of definite proportions
(Chem.), teaches that chemical combinations take place
between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms of
bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to
three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers.

Atomic weight (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element
as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken
as a standard.
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WordNet atomic
adj 1: of or relating to or comprising atoms; "atomic structure";
"atomic hydrogen"
2: (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of
atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic
bombs" [syn: nuclear] [ant: conventional]
3: immeasurably small [syn: atomlike, minute]

Moby Dictionary
a certain , an , any , any one , atomatic , atomiferous , atomistic ,
corpuscular , cyclic , diatomic , dibasic , either , embryonic ,
evanescent , exclusive , germinal , granular , heteroatomic ,
heterocyclic , hexatomic , homocyclic , impalpable , imperceptible ,
imponderable , inappreciable , indiscernible , individual ,
indivisible , infinitesimal , intangible , integral , invisible ,
irreducible , isobaric , isocyclic , isoteric , isotopic , lone ,
microcosmic , microscopic , molecular , monadic , monatomic , monistic ,
one , pentatomic , simple , single , singular , sole , solid , solitary ,
subatomic , tenuous , tetratomic , thin , triatomic , tribasic ,
ultramicroscopic , unanalyzable , undivided , uniform , unique ,
unitary , unseeable , whole

Jargon atomic adj. [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.).

FOLDOC atomic

(From Greek "atomos", indivisible) 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 especially to convey that
an operation cannot be interrupted.

An atomic data type has no internal structure visible to the
program. It can be represented by a flat domain (all
elements are equally defined). Machine integers and
Booleans are two examples.

An atomic database transaction is one which is guaranteed to
complete successfully or not at all. If an error prevents a
partially-performed transaction from proceeding to completion,
it must be "backed out" to prevent the database being left in
an inconsistent state.

[Jargon File]

(2000-04-03)