atomicity

[ at-uh-mis-i-tee ]

nounChemistry.
  1. the number of atoms in a molecule of a gas.

Origin of atomicity

1
First recorded in 1860–65; atomic + -ity

Words Nearby atomicity

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How to use atomicity in a sentence

  • It is even more strange that it may now be said of energy that there are signs of atomicity.

  • So that the most recent researches into electricity confirm and establish the atomicity of the Aether.

    Aether and Gravitation | William George Hooper
  • Again, Dr. Larmor, in the same work, states that “the atomicity of electricity is coming within the scope of direct experiment.”

    Aether and Gravitation | William George Hooper
  • Apart, however, from the atomicity of the Aether, it is exceedingly difficult to understand how such a property can belong to it.

    Aether and Gravitation | William George Hooper
  • The harmonizing of the two theories, therefore, seems to rest upon the atomicity or non-atomicity of the Aether.

    Aether and Gravitation | William George Hooper

British Dictionary definitions for atomicity

atomicity

/ (ˌætəˈmɪsɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. the state of being made up of atoms

  2. the number of atoms in the molecules of an element

  1. a less common name for valency

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