Meaning of ATOM
| Pronunciation: | | 'atum
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- [n] (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
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ATOM is a 4 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | molecule, mote, particle, speck |
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| | See Also: | | carbon atom, chemical element, chylomicron, element, elementary particle, free radical, fundamental particle, grain, hydrogen atom, isotope, material, matter, monad, nucleus, radical, stuff, subatomic particle, substance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\At"om\, n. [L. atomus, Gr. ?, uncut, indivisible; 'a priv.
+ ?, verbal adj. of ? to cut: cf. F. atome. See {Tome}.]
1. (Physics)
(a) An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
(b) An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily
indivisible; a molecule.
(c) A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule
supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.
Note: These three definitions correspond to different views
of the nature of the ultimate particles of matter. In
the case of the last two, the particles are more
correctly called molecules. --Dana.
2. (Chem.) The smallest particle of matter that can enter
into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a
molecule.
3. Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
There was not an atom of water. --Sir J. Ross.
\At"om\, v. t.
To reduce to atoms. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | This is the tiniest particle of matter that retains the chemical properties of an element; atoms are typically composed of neutral subatomic particles (neutrons), positively-charged particles (protons) and negatively-charged particles (electrons). |
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| | Definition: | | a building block of matter. |
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