Atomic

//əˈtɒm.ɪk// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An atomic operation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic. not-comparable

    "A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted."

  2. 2
    Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. not-comparable

    "atomic energy; atomic bombs"

  3. 3
    Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.; Very strong and overpowering. broadly, colloquial, not-comparable
  4. 4
    Infinitesimally small. not-comparable

    "The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic."

  5. 5
    Unable to be split or made any smaller. not-comparable

    "A bit is an atomic item of data."

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  1. 6
    Unable to be split or made any smaller.; Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes. not-comparable
  2. 7
    Unable to be split or made any smaller.; Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form. not-comparable
  3. 8
    Unable to be split or made any smaller.; Such that for every element b>0 there exists an atom a such that b≥a>0. not-comparable
  4. 9
    Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads. not-comparable

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy wordnet
  2. 2
    immeasurably small wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or comprising atoms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
microscopica certainananyany oneatomatic

Example

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"We are exploring new sources, such as solar and atomic energy."

Etymology

From atom + -ic.

Related phrases

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