atom

Meaning of atom

noun
  1. 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.
  2. (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
  3. The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
  4. In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
  5. The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
  6. A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
  7. A very small amount; a whit.
  8. (Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
  9. A non-zero member of a Boolean algebra that is not a union of any other elements. Or, a non-zero member of a Boolean lattice that has only zero below it.
    In a Venn diagram, an atom is depicted as an area circumscribed by lines but not cut by any line.
  10. An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.
  11. (usually capitalised as "Atom") A member of an age group division in hockey for ten- to 11-year-olds.

Information about atom

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of atom is: atoms.
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Hyphenation of atom

atom

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • atom is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

atom synonyms

Meaning molecule:

molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck

Translation of atom

Anagrams of atom

atmo, moat, mota, Toma

Words that rhyme with atom

subatom, adatom, Chatom, antiatom, diatom, multiatom, kiskatom, pyknatom, heteroatom, Euratom

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