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atomics

American  
[uh-tom-iks] / əˈtɒm ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.


Etymology

Origin of atomics

see origin at atomic, -ics

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The U.S. atomics industry and its works are as broad in scope as the uses of the atom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Far from concealing information, the nations were competing with one another to tell what they have accomplished in peaceful atomics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Atomic Expert Manson Benedict, "will become as important to atomics as copper is to the electrical industry."

From Time Magazine Archive

General Leslie Groves, Grand Panjandrum of military atomics, made a minor concession to the cause of science.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was an equation which had proved its effectiveness, upon which the whole science of atomics was based.

From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark

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