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Definition of Atomic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or comprising atoms. "Atomic hydrogen"

2. Adjective. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy. "Atomic bombs"

3. Adjective. Immeasurably small.

Definition of Atomic

1. a. Of or pertaining to atoms.

Definition of Atomic

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

2. Adjective. Of, or employing nuclear energy or processes ¹

3. Adjective. Infinitesimally small ¹

4. Adjective. Unable to be split or made any smaller ¹

5. Adjective. (computing) Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Atomic

1. atom [adj] - See also: atom

Medical Definition of Atomic

1. 1. Of or pertaining to atoms. 2. Extremely minute; tiny. 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, the weight of the atom of an element as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken as a standard. Origin: Cf. F. Atomique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atomic

atokite atoks atole atoll atoll fruit dove atolls atom-bomb atom bomb atom bombs atom physics

atom smasher atom smashers atomate atomic (current term) atomic-number atomic-weight atomic absorption spectrophotometry atomic authorization atomic batteries atomic battery

atomic bomb atomic bombs atomic clock atomic clocks atomic cocktail atomic core atomic energy atomic explosion

Literary usage of Atomic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"Calculated from the densities of the two gases the atomic weights are Kr = 83.012, and Xe = 130.70. It will be seen from the evidence given above that few ..."

2. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"RELATIONS BETWEEN atomic WEIGHTS AND PROPERTIES The Hypothesis of Prout. — It was early noted that if we chose the atomic weight of hydrogen as one, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1864)
"The opinion that the elements enter into compounds with the atomic heats they have in the free state has been already expressed ; but the view has also been ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"If the twenty-six elements from helium to cobalt (atomic weights from 4 for helium to 59 for cobalt), inclusive, are considered, it might be assumed that ..."

5. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1907)
"CORRECTION OF DOUBTFUL atomic WEIGHTS. 36 The periodic arrangement of the elements ... Thus, for example, the atomic weight of molybdenum was given by some ..."

6. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"As a welcome confirmation to this came a determination of the specific heat of the metal by Professor E. REYNOLDS^ who found that for its atomic heat to be ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1861)
"On some remarkable Relations existing between the atomic Weights, atomic Volumes, and Properties of the Chemical Elements. By JJ COLEMAN. ..."

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