Associations to the word «Atomic»

ATOMIC, adjective. (physics) (chemistry) Of or relating to atoms

ATOMIC, adjective. Of or employing nuclear energy or processes

ATOMIC, adjective. Infinitesimally small

ATOMIC, adjective. Unable to be split or made any smaller

ATOMIC, adjective. (computing) Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all.

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, noun. (chemistry) (physics) A quantitative analytical technique in which the content of various elements are measured via their absorption of light

ATOMIC AGE, proper noun. The era, starting in the 1950s, during which nuclear energy was developed, and in which it was thought that all energy would be provided by such sources.

ATOMIC AUTHORIZATION, noun. (uncountable) The act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply

ATOMIC AUTHORIZATION, noun. (countable) (A document containing) published rights with a guarantee of authenticity which may be verified independently of the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply.

ATOMIC AUTHORIZATION, noun. (cryptography) (A digitally signed document containing) published rights with cryptographically verifiable integrity, secured independently of the applications that utilize them and entities to which they apply.

ATOMIC BATTERIES, noun. Plural of atomic battery

ATOMIC BATTERY, noun. (physics) any device that converts the energy of particles emitted from atomic nuclei into electrical energy

ATOMIC BOMB, noun. A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission

ATOMIC BOMBS, noun. Plural of atomic bomb

ATOMIC CLOCK, noun. An extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.

ATOMIC CLOCK, noun. (proscribed) A radio clock.

ATOMIC CLOCKS, noun. Plural of atomic clock

ATOMIC COCKTAIL, noun. (idiomatic) (medicine) A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used in health care either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.

ATOMIC COCKTAIL, noun. A mixed alcoholic beverage, created in Las Vegas, USA, in the mid-20th century.

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY, noun. (physics) (chemistry) A form of analytical spectroscopy that measures the radiation emitted at specific wavelengths by the atoms in a very hot sample

ATOMIC ENERGY, noun. The energy released by an atom in a nuclear reaction.

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE, noun. (physics) A device used to map the atomic structure of a surface by measuring the force acting on the very fine tip of a wire moved over the surface

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY, noun. The science and technology associated with the design and use of atomic force microscopes

ATOMIC FORENSICS, noun. Nuclear forensics

ATOMIC MASS, noun. The mass of an atom.

ATOMIC MASS, noun. (proscribed) atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element.

ATOMIC MASS UNIT, noun. (chemistry) A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of the 12C isotope of carbon.

ATOMIC MASS UNITS, noun. Plural of atomic mass unit

ATOMIC MASSES, noun. Plural of atomic mass

ATOMIC NUCLEI, noun. Plural of atomic nucleus

ATOMIC NUCLEUS, noun. (physics) A nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud.

ATOMIC NUMBER, noun. (physics) (chemistry) The number, equal to the number of protons in an atom that determines its chemical properties. Symbol: Z

ATOMIC NUMBERS, noun. Plural of atomic number

ATOMIC ORBITAL, noun. (quantum) (chemistry) The quantum mechanical behaviour of an electron in an atom describing the probability of the electron's particular position and energy.

ATOMIC ORBITAL, noun. A particular atomic orbital associated with a given set of quantum numbers.

ATOMIC PHYSICS, noun. (physics) (atomic) The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei.

ATOMIC PILE, noun. (physics) an early nuclear reactor fuelled by uranium and moderated with graphite

ATOMIC PILES, noun. Plural of atomic pile

ATOMIC THEORY, noun. (physics) The theory that all gross matter is composed of atoms.

ATOMIC THEORY, noun. (physics) Any of several theories that explain the structure of the atom, and of subatomic particles.

ATOMIC TIME, noun. Time, as measured by an atomic clock.

ATOMIC WEAPON, noun. A nuclear weapon

ATOMIC WEAPONS, noun. Plural of atomic weapon

ATOMIC WEDGIE, noun. (US) (slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind up to the shoulders or higher, in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.

ATOMIC WEDGIES, noun. Plural of atomic wedgie

ATOMIC WEIGHT, noun. Former term for the more specific relative atomic mass.

ATOMIC WEIGHT, noun. A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.

ATOMIC WEIGHTS, noun. Plural of atomic weight

ATOMIC WINTER, noun. (uncommon) Nuclear winter.

ATOMIC WINTERS, noun. Plural of atomic winter

ATOMIC, adjective. Of or relating to or comprising atoms; "atomic structure"; "atomic hydrogen".

ATOMIC, adjective. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs".

ATOMIC, adjective. Immeasurably small.