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atomicity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌætəˈmɪsɪti/ (General-American)
  • /ˌætəˈmɪsɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [-ɾə-] (General-American)
  • [-ɾi] (General-American)

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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English atomicity From atomic + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The number of atoms in a molecule.
  2. (countable, historical, uncountable) Synonym of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
  3. (countable) The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete.
  4. (uncountable) The quality or state of being atomic.

Forms

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atomicities Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nonatomicity · diatomicity

Synonyms

valence

Translations (12)

fi atomisuus (state of a system in which either all stages complete or none complete) · fi atomien lukumäärä (number of atoms in a molecule) · fi jakamattomuus (quality or state of being atomic) · ga adamhacht (quality or state of being atomic) · es atomicidad (quality or state of being atomic) · fi atomisuus (quality or state of being atomic) · ca atomicitat (quality or state of being atomic) · fr atomicité (quality or state of being atomic) · fi jakamattomuus (state of a system in which either all stages complete or none complete) · de Atomarität (quality or state of being atomic) · de Atomizität (quality or state of being atomic) · de Atomigkeit (quality or state of being atomic)