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IPA transcription: ['ætəm]

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Noun

  • (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

  • (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element

Usage examples

  • I'm not so much into anatomy, where's the bladder again?
  • When excited atomic states decay, energy is released by fluorescence.
  • The ejected photoelectron interacts with electrons in the surrounding non-excited atoms.
  • The airdrop of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima had devastating implications.
  • There is no internal anatomy, only external.
  • Colombo anatomized the live, active body whereas his contemporaries had anatomized the dead body.
  • Gunn's final full-length work was a discursive autobiography entitled "The Atom of Delight".
  • Haruko uses Naota for her search for the Pirate King, Atomsk.
  • I'm not so much into anatomy, where's the bladder again?
  • The airdrop of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima had devastating implications.