atomic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈtɔm.ɪk/ (Australia)
- əˈtŏm.ĭk (Australia)
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- əˈtä.mĭk (General-American)
- /əˈtɑː.mɪk/ (General-American)
- əˈtŏm.ĭk (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈtɒm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic From atom + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.
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(not-comparable) Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
atomic energy; atomic bombs
Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.
1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495:Some nutjob once built a small atomic pile in his back yard.
- (broadly, colloquial, not-comparable) Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. ▸ Very strong and overpowering.
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(not-comparable) Infinitesimally small.
The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic.
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(not-comparable) Unable to be split or made any smaller.
A bit is an atomic item of data.
- (not-comparable, of a commit in a VCS) Unable to be split or made any smaller. ▸ Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
- (not-comparable, of a proposition) Unable to be split or made any smaller. ▸ Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
- (not-comparable, of a partially ordered set with a least element 0) 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.
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(not-comparable, 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.
It also provides an atomic compareAndSet method (which if successful has the memory effects of both reading and writing a volatile variable) and, for convenience, atomic add, increment, and decrement methods.
2006, Tim Peierls, Brian Goetz, Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, Doug Lea, David Holmes, Java Concurrency in Practice, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 325:Whenever possible, use atomic types instead of mutexes.
In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic.
Antonyms
Deriveds
atomicism · atomicity · atomic age · atomic emission spectroscopy · intratomic · atomic fission · homoatomic · atomic theory · tetratomic · atomic absorption spectroscopy · atomic authorization · pseudoatomic · atomic physics · atomic fusion · superatomic · atomic charge · atomic orbital · sub atomic · intraatomic · hexatomic · atomic mass unit · atomic note · triatomic · hydrogen maser atomic clock · octaatomic · quasiatomic · atomic formula · atomic nucleus · atomic clock · atomic buffalo turd · atomic energy · monoatomic · atomic weight · pentatomic · atomic typo · interatomic · atomic mass number · heteroatomic · polyatomic · atomic forensics · heptatomic · atomic garden · atomician · antiatomic · octatomic · diatomic · sub-atomic · atomic weapon · atomic F-bomb · multiatomic · atomic football · atomic force microscope · coatomic · atomic winter · atomically · atomic radius · biatomic · atomic pile · atomic mass · subatomic · atomic reactor · atomic time · atomic number · nonatomic · atomic power · equiatomic · relative atomic mass · preatomic · average atomic mass · atomic force microscopy · like atomic clockwork · atomic gardening · atomic wedgie · atomic cocktail · postatomic · atomic volume · atomic battery · atomic operating system · atomic tangerine · atomic bomb
Synonyms
discrete · indivisible · indivisible · discrete · indivisible · unatomizable · indivisible · discrete · unatomizable · unatomizable · nuclear · discrete · unatomizable
Translations (104)
fi jakamaton (unable to be split) · ja 原子の (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sv atomisk (infinitesimally small) · ka ატომური (of, or relating to atoms) · sv kärn- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ca atòmic (of, or relating to atoms) · uk а́томний (of, or relating to atoms) · ast atómicu (of, or relating to atoms) · el ατομικός (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · nl atoom- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ro atomic (of, or relating to atoms) · cs atomový (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ka ატომური (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · nl atomair (of, or relating to atoms) · gv breneenagh (of, or relating to atoms) · fr indivisible (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · he אָטוֹמִי (of, or relating to atoms) · fr infinitésimal (infinitesimally small) · el ατομικός (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · fi atominen (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · nl kern- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · uk а́томний (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · it atomico (of, or relating to atoms) · fr microscopique (infinitesimally small) · bg а́томен (of, or relating to atoms) · nb atom- (of, or relating to atoms) · pt atómico (of, or relating to atoms) · ru атомарный (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · io atomala (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · hi आणविक (of, or relating to atoms) · es atómico (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · nrf atonmique (of, or relating to atoms) · fi atominen (of, or relating to atoms) · yi אַטאָמיש (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sv atomär (unable to be split) · cy atomig (of, or relating to atoms) · eo atoma (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · de atomar (of, or relating to atoms) · cmn 原子的 (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ar ذَرِّيّ (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · la atomicus (of, or relating to atoms) · el ατομικός (of, or relating to atoms) · fi atominen (unable to be split) · nrf atonmique (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · de atomar (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · pt nuclear (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ht atomik (of, or relating to atoms) · pt atómico (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · yi אַטאָמיש (of, or relating to atoms) · sh àtōmskī (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · cy atomig (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sh атомски (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · bg а́томен (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · fr nucléaire (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sv odelbar (unable to be split) · fr indivisible (unable to be split) · fr atomique (of, or relating to atoms) · fi atomimittakaavainen (infinitesimally small) · fi atomaarinen (of, or relating to atoms) · ar نَوَوِيّ (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · es atómico (of, or relating to atoms) · fi perus- (unable to be split) · nl atomair (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ga adamhach (of, or relating to atoms) · sv atom- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · nb atom- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · pt atómico (infinitesimally small) · de atomisch (of, or relating to atoms) · fr atomique (unable to be split) · pt atômico (of, or relating to atoms) · sl atómski (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · nrf atonmique (unable to be split) · ca atòmic (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sv atomisk (unable to be split) · pt atômico (infinitesimally small) · de Atom- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · hu atomi (of, or relating to atoms) · ru а́томный (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · hu atomos (of, or relating to atoms) · pl atomowy (of, or relating to atoms) · he אָטוֹמִי (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · el ατομικός (unable to be split) · hi नाभिकीय (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sv atomär (of, or relating to atoms) · it atomico (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · ko 원자의 (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · de atomar (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · pl atomowy (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · el ατομικός (infinitesimally small) · fa اتمی (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · oc atomic (of, or relating to atoms) · br atomek (of, or relating to atoms) · ru а́томный (of, or relating to atoms) · fi jakamaton (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · be а́тамны (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · gl atómico (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · fi atomi- (of, or relating to atoms) · fi ydin- (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · gl atómico (of, or relating to atoms) · fr atomique (computing: guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all) · fr atomique (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · sv atomär (infinitesimally small) · nrf atonmique (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes) · pt atômico (of, or employing nuclear energy or processes)