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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

  • The ejected photoelectron interacts with electrons in the surrounding non-excited atoms.
  • Haruko uses Naota for her search for the Pirate King, Atomsk.
  • Halogen atoms include fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.
  • In the Boffa universe, the distinct Quine atoms form a proper class.
  • The carbon dioxide provides two of the oxygen atoms in the calcite.
  • This is followed by the ionization of the hydrogen and helium atoms.
  • One of the chlorine atoms displaces a hydrogen atom.
  • Lawesson's reagent has a four membered ring of alternating sulfur and phosphorus atoms.
  • In a vacuum, the hot aluminum atoms travel in straight lines.
  • Wave plates have been used to focus beams of neutrons and helium atoms.