About The Word Atomic
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Atomic
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What's The Definition Of Atomic?
[adj] weapons using atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"
[adj] immeasurably small [adj] of or relating to or comprising atoms; "atomic structure"; "atomic hydrogen" Synonyms | Synonyms for Atomic: atomlike | microscopic | microscopical | minute | nuclear | small | thermonuclear Related Terms | Find terms related to Atomic: a certain | an | any | any one | atomatic | atomiferous | atomistic | corpuscular | cyclic | diatomic | dibasic | either | embryonic | evanescent | exclusive | germinal | granular | heteroatomic | heterocyclic | hexatomic | homocyclic | impalpable | imperceptible | imponderable | inappreciable | indiscernible | individual | indivisible | infinitesimal | intangible | integral | invisible | irreducible | isobaric | isocyclic | isoteric | isotopic | lone | microcosmic | microscopic | molecular | monadic | monatomic | monistic | one | pentatomic | simple | single | singular | sole | solid | solitary | subatomic | tenuous | tetratomic | thin | triatomic | tribasic | ultramicroscopic | unanalyzable | undivided | uniform | unique | unitary | unseeable | whole See Also | Atomic In Webster's Dictionary \A*tom"ic\, Atomical \A*tom"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. atomique.]
1. Of or pertaining to atoms.
2. Extremely minute; tiny.
{Atomic philosophy}, or {Doctrine of atoms}, a system which,
assuming that atoms are endued with gravity and motion,
accounted thus for the origin and formation of all things.
This philosophy was first broached by Leucippus, was
developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by
Epicurus, and hence is sometimes denominated the Epicurean
philosophy.
{Atomic theory}, or the {Doctrine of definite proportions}
(Chem.), teaches that chemical combinations take place
between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms of
bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to
three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers.
{Atomic weight} (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element
as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken
as a standard.
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