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a·tom·ic

[uh-tom-ik]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
2.
propelled or driven by atomic energy: an atomic submarine.
3.
Chemistry. existing as free, uncombined atoms.
4.
extremely minute.
Also, a·tom·i·cal.


Origin:
1670–80; atom + -ic

a·tom·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·a·tom·ic, adjective
non·a·tom·i·cal, adjective
non·a·tom·i·cal·ly, adverb
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atomic (əˈtɒmɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  of, using, or characterized by atomic bombs or atomic energy: atomic warfare
2.  of, related to, or comprising atoms: atomic hydrogen
3.  extremely small; minute
4.  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
 
a'tomically
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

atomic
1670s as a philosophical term (see atomistic); scientific sense dates from 1811, from atom. Atomic number is from 1821; atomic mass is from 1898. Atomic energy first recorded 1906; atomic bomb first recorded 1914 in writings of H.G. Wells, who
thought of it as a bomb "that would continue to explode indefinitely."
"When you can drop just one atomic bomb and wipe out Paris or Berlin, war will have become monstrous and impossible." [S. Strunsky, "Yale Review," January 1917]
Atomic Age is from 1945.
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atomic   (ə-tŏm'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Relating to an atom or to atoms.

  2. Employing nuclear energy.


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Slang Dictionary

atomic

adj. [from Gk. `atomos', indivisible]
1. Indivisible; cannot be split up. For example, an instruction may be said to do several things `atomically', i.e., all the things are done immediately, and there is no chance of the instruction being half-completed or of another being interspersed. Used esp. to convey that an operation cannot be screwed up by interrupts. "This routine locks the file and increments the file's semaphore atomically."
2. [primarily techspeak] Guaranteed to complete successfully or not at all, usu. refers to database transactions. If an error prevents a partially-performed transaction from proceeding to completion, it must be "backed out," as the database must not be left in an inconsistent state.

Computer usage, in either of the above senses, has none of the connotations that `atomic' has in mainstream English (i.e. of particles of matter, nuclear explosions etc.).
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