atom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle English attome, from Middle French athome, from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”, o-grade in τομ-) + -ος (-os). Atoms are so named because they were historically thought up as to be the smallest unit of matter, and thus indivisible. Doublet of atomus.
Base: τέμνω
Affixes: ἀ-
-ος
Inflected forms:
form: atoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
pos: noun
examples: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
gloss: A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
pos: noun
gloss: The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
pos: noun
examples: Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
But at this critical moment the pirate astern sent a mischievous shot and knocked one of the men to atoms at the helm.
gloss: In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
pos: noun
gloss: The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
pos: noun
gloss: A very small amount; a whit.
pos: noun
examples: "Doctor, tell me one word more," said Theodore, quivering with suppressed emotion. "How do you think it will end?" / "I have hardly the faintest atom of hope," answered this honest, earnest man.
We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.
gloss: An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
pos: noun
gloss: An integer representing a particular string.
pos: noun
gloss: A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero").
pos: noun
examples: In a Venn diagram, an atom is depicted as an area circumscribed by lines but not cut by any line.
gloss: An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.
pos: noun
gloss: An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
attributive
usually
Related words: atomgrad
⚛
chemical element
Appendix:Subatomic particles
Derived words: adatom
atom bomb
atom cocktail
atomechanics
atomerg
atom feed
atomic
atomical
atomically
atomism
atomist
atomistic
atomization
atomize
atom laser
atomless
atomlike
atomology
atom physics
atompunk
atomsite
atom smasher
atomtronics
atomweight
Bohr atom
Boolean atom
catom
exotic atom
Gabor atom
gram atom
hadronic atom
Hooke's atom
interatom
metaatom
multiatom
pseudoatom
Rutherford atom
Rydberg atom
social atom
spiroatom
subatom
superatom
vortex atom
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: atoom
lang: Arabic
word: ذَرَّة
roman: ḏarra
lang: Armenian
word: ատոմ
roman: atom
lang: Catalan
word: àtom
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 原子
roman: yuánzǐ
lang: Czech
word: atom
lang: Danish
word: atom
lang: Dutch
word: atoom
lang: Finnish
word: atomi
lang: French
word: atome
lang: Galician
word: átomo
lang: German
word: Atom
lang: Greek
word: άτομο
roman: átomo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄτομον
roman: átomon
lang: Hawaiian
word: hunaʻiʻo
lang: Hebrew
word: אָטוֹם
roman: atom
lang: Hindi
word: परमाणु
roman: parmāṇu
lang: Irish
word: adamh
lang: Italian
word: atomo
lang: Japanese
word: 元素
roman: genso
lang: Khmer
word: បរមាណូ
roman: paʼraʼmaanou
lang: Korean
word: 원자
roman: wonja
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەتۆم
roman: etom
lang: Latvian
word: atoms
lang: Manx
word: breneen
lang: Māori
word: ngota
lang: Marathi
word: अणू
roman: aṇū
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: atom
lang: Iranian Persian
word: جُزْءِ لایَتَجَزّیٰ
roman: joz'-e lâyatajazzâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ذَرِّه
roman: zarre
lang: Iranian Persian
word: جُوهَرِ فَرْد
roman: jowhar-e fard
lang: Portuguese
word: átomo
lang: Russian
word: а́том
roman: átom
lang: Sanskrit
word: परमाणु
roman: paramāṇu
lang: Sanskrit
word: अणु
roman: aṇu
lang: Spanish
word: átomo
lang: Swedish
word: atom
lang: Tagalog
word: atomo
lang: Thai
word: ปรมาณู
roman: bpà-rá-maa-nuu
lang: Thai
word: อะตอม
roman: à-dtɔm