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atomic

[ uh-tom-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
an atomic explosion.
propelled or driven by atomic energy:
an atomic submarine.
Chemistry. existing as free, uncombined atoms.
extremely minute.

atomic

/ əˈtɒmɪk /

of, using, or characterized by atomic bombs or atomic energy
atomic warfare
of, related to, or comprising atoms
atomic hydrogen
extremely small; minute
logic (of a sentence, formula, etc) having no internal structure at the appropriate level of analysis. In predicate calculus, Fa is an atomic sentence and Fx an atomic predicate

atomic

/ ə-tŏm′ĭk /

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Origin of atomic¹

First recorded in 1670–80; atom + -ic

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Following this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, the way to achieve world peace is to give everyone atomic bombs.

Transcripts from hearings held by the Atomic Energy Commission in 1954 have recently been declassified and studied by scholars.

Producing one H-bomb would have diverted enough resources to produce 80 atomic warheads.

In 1957 the U.S. Army first fielded artillery able to fire shells with atomic warheads.

One of these critics was William Borden, executive director of the congressional joint committee on atomic energy.

We only know that under certain conditions the old atomic associations break up, and new ones are formed.

You have atomic weapons you intend using against your enemy—against the Eastern Empire?

Factories a long way under ground, behind the Soviet lines, factories that had once made atomic projectiles, now almost forgotten.

Then the author tells us of the atomic hypothesis of the formation of the Great World.

Obviously this electric time impulsor is a machine in the nature of an atomic integrator.

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