atomic
See also: atòmic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmɪk
Adjective
atomic (not comparable)
- (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
- A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.
- Of or employing nuclear energy or processes.
- We built a small atomic bomb in the garage.
- 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.
- (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
Translations
of, or relating to atoms
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of, or employing nuclear energy or processes
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infinitesimally small
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unable to be split
computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all
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Noun
atomic (plural atomics)
- (computing) An atomic operation.
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Adjective
atomic m (feminine singular atomica, masculine plural atomics, feminine plural atomicas)
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