atomic

See also atòmic

English

Pronunciation

• (Australia) enPR: ə'tŏm.ĭk, IPA: /əˈtɔm.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /@"tOm.Ik/
• (RP) enPR: ə'tŏm.ĭk, IPA: /əˈtɒm.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /@"tQm.Ik/
• (GenAm) enPR: ə'tä.mĭk, IPA: /əˈtɑː.mɪk/, X-SAMPA: /@"tA:.mIk/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

Adjective

atomic

1. (physics, chemistry) Of, or relating to atoms

   A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted

2. Of, or employing nuclear energy or processes

   We built a small atomic bomb in the garage

3. Infinitesimally small

   The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic

4. Unable to be split or made any smaller

   A bit is an atomic item of data

5. (computing) 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

Antonyms

• molecular (1)

Derived terms

• atomically
• atomicity
• atomic mass
• atomic weight
• atomic charge
• atomic bomb
• atomic wedgie

Translations

of, or relating to atoms

• Asturian: atómicu (ast)
• Catalan: atòmic (ca)
• Finnish: atomi- (fi), atomaarinen (fi), atominen (fi)
• French: atomique (fr)
• Galician: atómico (gl)
• Greek: ατομικός (el) (atomikós) m
• Haitian Creole: atomik

• Irish: adamhach (ga)
• Italian: atomico (it)
• Manx: breneenagh (gv)
• Portuguese: (Portugal) atómico (pt), (Brazil) atômico (pt)
• Spanish: atómico (es)
• Swedish: atomär (sv)

of, or employing nuclear energy or processes

• Arabic: نووي (ar) (nawawí), ذري (ar) (dharriy)
• Bulgarian: атомен (bg) (atomen)
• Catalan: atòmic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子 (cmn) (yuánzǐ)

• Czech: atomový (cs) m
• Esperanto: atoma (eo)
• Finnish: ydin- (fi)
• French: atomique (fr)
• Galician: atómico (gl)
• German: Atom (de)(-), atomar (de)
• Greek: ατομικός (el) (atomikós) m

• Ido: atomala (io)
• Italian: atomico (it)
• Japanese: 原子 (ja) (genshi)(-の -no)
• Portuguese: (Portugal) atómico (pt), (Brazil) atômico (pt)
• Russian: атомный (ru) (atomnyj) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: атомски (sh)

  Roman: àtōmskī (sh)

• Slovene: atómski (sl)
• Spanish: atómico (es)
• Swedish: compounds with atom (sv)

infinitesimally small

• Finnish: atomimittakaavainen (fi)
• Greek: ατομικός (el) (atomikós) m

• Swedish: atomisk (sv), atomär (sv)

unable to be split

• Finnish: perus- (fi), jakamaton (fi)
• French: atomique (fr), indivisible (fr)

• Greek: ατομικός (el) (atomikós) m
• Swedish: atomisk (sv), atomär (sv)

computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all

• Finnish: idioottivarma (fi)

• French: atomique (fr), indivisible (fr)

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: atomik
• Dutch: atomisch