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Noun
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(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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(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.