atomic

See also: atòmic

English

Pronunciation

• (Australia) enPR: əˈtŏm.ĭk, IPA^(key): /əˈtɔm.ɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: əˈtŏm.ĭk, IPA^(key): /əˈtɒm.ɪk/
• (General American) enPR: əˈtä.mĭk, IPA^(key): /əˈtɑː.mɪk/

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• 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) Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.

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

   Whenever possible, use atomic types instead of mutexes.

Antonyms

• molecular (1)

Derived terms

Terms derived from atomic

• atomically
• atomic bomb
• atomic charge

• atomic cocktail
• atomicity
• atomic mass

• atomic power
• atomic wedgie
• atomic weight

Translations

of, or relating to atoms

• Asturian: atómicu
• Catalan: atòmic
• Finnish: atomi- (fi), atomaarinen (fi), atominen (fi)
• French: atomique (fr)
• Galician: atómico
• Greek: ατομικός (el) m (atomikós)
• Haitian Creole: atomik
• Hebrew: אָטוֹמִי‏‎ (atómi)
• Hungarian: atomos (hu), atomi (hu)

• Irish: adamhach
• Italian: atomico (it)
• Manx: breneenagh
• Norman: atonmique
• Portuguese: (Portugal) atómico (pt), (Brazil) atômico (pt)
• Romanian: atomic (ro) m, atomică f
• Spanish: atómico (es)
• Swedish: atomär (sv)
• Yiddish: אַטאָמיש‏‎ (atomish)

of, or employing nuclear energy or processes

• Arabic: نَوَوِيّ‏‎ (nawawiyy), ذَرِّيّ‏‎ (ḏarriyy)
• Bulgarian: атомен (atomen)
• Catalan: atòmic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子 (zh) (yuánzǐ)

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

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

  Cyrillic: атомски

  Roman: àtōmskī (sh)

• Slovene: atómski
• Spanish: atómico (es)
• Swedish: compounds with atom (sv)
• Yiddish: אַטאָמיש‏‎ (atomish)

infinitesimally small

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

• Swedish: atomisk (sv), atomär (sv)

unable to be split

• Finnish: perus- (fi), jakamaton (fi), atominen (fi)
• French: atomique (fr), indivisible (fr)
• Greek: ατομικός (el) m (atomikós)

• Norman: atonmique
• Portuguese: atómico (pt) m
• Swedish: atomisk (sv), atomär (sv)

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

• Finnish: atominen (fi), idioottivarma (fi)
• French: atomique (fr), indivisible (fr)

• Norman: atonmique

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} atomik

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} atomisch

Noun

atomic (plural atomics)

1. (computing) An atomic operation.

Anagrams

• matico