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Noun
/ˈatəm/,
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atoms, plural;
  1. The basic unit of a chemical element

  2. Such particles as a source of nuclear energy
    • - the power of the atom
  3. An extremely small amount of a thing or quality
    • - I shall not have one atom of strength left
  1. (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
  2. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  3. (atomic) of or relating to or comprising atoms; "atomic structure"; "atomic hydrogen"
  4. (atomic) nuclear: (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"
  5. (atomic) immeasurably small
  6. The atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense, central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. ...
  7. Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom Heart, Atom™, Señor Coconut; born August 27, 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany), is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel and aciton (acid-reggaeton) music.
  8. Al Pratt is a character in the DC Comics Universe, the original hero to fight crime as the Atom. He first appeared in All-American Comics #19 (Oct. 1940). He initially had no superpowers; instead, he was a diminutive college student and later a physicist, usually depicted as a "tough-guy" character.
  9. Atom is a popular card game played in China. Atom is usually played with four people with three packs of cards, including the jokers. The objective of the game is to run out of cards as soon as possible AND get as many points as possible.
  10. The Atom is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe.
  11. Intel Atom is the brand name for a line of ultra-low-voltage x86 and x86-64 CPUs (or microprocessors) from Intel, designed in 45 nm CMOS and used mainly in netbooks, nettops, and Mobile Internet devices (MIDs). ...
  12. The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something; The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons; A non-zero member of a Boolean algebra that is not a union of any other ...
  13. (atomic) Of, or relating to atoms; Of, or employing nuclear energy or processes; Infinitesimally small; Unable to be split or made any smaller; Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all
  14. (Atomic) (2000) - Explored tiny worlds and shared spaces. Motionhouse's first festival piece for multi scale touring.
  15. (Atomic) A term used to describe designs which incorporate geometric patterns originating at about the time the first atomic bomb was introduced; many of the patterns are stylized versions of scientific phenomena, for example, starbursts, orbs, and amoeba.
  16. (Atomic) Refers to the lowest level of division for a process, product structure, network, etc. Atomic elements cannot typically be sub-divided. ...
  17. (Atomic) The unit of work is atomic in that it is either performed in its entirety or not performed at all. ...
  18. (Atomic) This adjectival form of the word atom implies a small amount of something, as in atomic substances or atomic weights or subatomic particles. It also implies lifelessness as well, and this is the crux of the matter. Atoms are not lifeless but are the smallest forms of life that we know. ...
  19. (Atomic) Usually used in reference to CAPE above 4000 J/kg
  20. (Atomic) physics (or atom physics) is the field of physics that studies atoms as isolated systems comprised of electrons and an atomic nucleus.
  21. (atomic) (adj.) Not interruptible. An atomic operation is one that always appears to have been executed as a unit.
  22. (atomic) An operation is atomic if all of its effects are visible to other CPUs together when the proper access protocol is followed. In the degenerate case are atomic instructions provided directly by machine architectures. ...
  23. (atomic) Refers to an operation that is never interrupted or left in an incomplete state under any circumstance.
  24. (atomic) This term generally refers to something that cannot be broken into smaller parts. In COBOL, atomic variables are given pictures. They cannot be reduced to smaller parts. Arrays and structures are not atomic because they are composed of smaller data types. ...
  25. Atomic has slightly different meanings in different contexts. An atomic operation at the hardware level is uninterruptible, for example load and store, or atomic test-and-set instructions. ...