atomic
UK/əˈtɒm.ɪk//əˈtɑː.mɪk/
atomic adjective: of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
Adjective
atomic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
- A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.
- Antonyms:
- molecular
- Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
- atomic energy; atomic bombs
- Some nutjob once built a small atomic pile in his back yard.
- Very strong and overpowering.
- Infinitesimally small.
- The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic.
- Unable to be split or made any smaller.
- A bit is an atomic item of data.
- Synonyms:
- discrete, indivisible, unatomizable
- 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.
Noun
atomic (plural atomics)
- An atomic operation.
atomic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
atomic in Hindi
- of, or employing nuclear energy or processes
- नाभिकीय nābhikīya
- of, or relating to atoms
- आणविक āṇvik
atomic in Tamil
- அணுவைச் சார்ந்த, அணுவினுடைய, அணு இயக்கத்திற்குரிய
atomic in Marathi
- atomic
- अणू aṇū
atomic in Urdu
- atomic, nuclear
- جوہری jauharī
More languagesFewer languages
- atomic in Bengali
- পারমাণবিক paromaṇobik
- atomic in Kannada
- ಪರಮಾಣು paramāṇu
- atomic in Arabic
- نَوَوِيّ nawawiyy, ذَرِّيّ ḏarriyy
- atomic in Persian
- اتمی atomi
Examples of atomic in a sentence
- I minored in physics at university, so am acutely aware of atomic structure.
- The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.
- In the 21st century, almost all leading countries of the world possess annihilative atomic weapons.
Synonyms of atomic
Antonyms
Forms of atomic
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Origin of atomic
From atom + -ic.
Words formed from atomic
- antiatomic
- atomic absorption spectroscopy
- atomic age
- atomically
- atomic authorization
- atomic battery
- atomic bomb
- atomic buffalo turd
- atomic charge
- atomic clock
- atomic cocktail
- atomic emission spectroscopy
- atomic energy
- atomic F-bomb
- atomic fission
- atomic football
- atomic force microscope
- atomic force microscopy
- atomic forensics
- atomic formula
- atomic fusion
- atomic garden
- atomic gardening
- atomician
- atomicism
- atomicity
- atomic mass
- atomic mass number
- atomic mass unit
- atomic note
- atomic nucleus
- atomic number
- atomic operating system
- atomic orbital
- atomic physics
- atomic pile
- atomic power
- atomic radius
- atomic reactor
- atomic tangerine
- atomic theory
- atomic time
- atomic typo
- atomic volume
- atomic weapon
- atomic wedgie
- atomic weight
- atomic winter
- average atomic mass
- biatomic
- coatomic
- diatomic
- equiatomic
- heptatomic
- heteroatomic
- hexatomic
- homoatomic
- hydrogen maser atomic clock
- interatomic
- intraatomic
Phrases with atomic
- sub atomic
- atomic bombs
- atomic notes
- atomic piles
- atomic radii
- atomic typos
- atomic clocks
- atomic masses
- atomic nuclei
- atomic F-bombs
- atomic numbers
- atomic volumes
26 more phrasesFewer phrases
- atomic weapons
- atomic wedgies
- atomic weights
- atomic winters
- atomic formulae
- atomic formulas
- atomic orbitals
- atomic reactors
- atomic theories
- atomic batteries
- atomic cocktails
- atomic footballs
- atomic mass units
- atomic mass numbers
- atomic buffalo turds
- relative atomic mass
- atomic authorizations
- average atomic masses
- like atomic clockwork
- atomic force microscopes
- atomic operating systems
- unified atomic mass unit
- International Atomic Time
- unified atomic mass units
- hydrogen maser atomic clocks
- International Atomic Energy Agency
Words that rhyme with atomic
Questions about atomic
- What does atomic mean?
- Atomic means of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
- What is atomic in Hindi?
- Atomic in Hindi is नाभिकीय (nābhikīya), आणविक (āṇvik). See Atomic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is atomic?
- Atomic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce atomic?
- Atomic is pronounced /əˈtɒm.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near atomic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: atomic (page history and authors); atomic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अणू (Marathi) (page history and authors); جوہری (Urdu) (page history and authors); পারমাণবিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); ಪರಮಾಣು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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