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TOEFL BNC: 5441 COCA: 5438

atomic

atomic ˈtɑːmɪk/ adjective
atomic
ˈtɑːmɪk/
adjective
Learner's definition of ATOMIC
: of or relating to atoms原子的
: of, relating to, or using the energy that is produced when atoms are split apart原子能的
TOEFL BNC: 5441 COCA: 5438

atomic

adjective

atom·​ic ə-ˈtä-mik How to pronounce atomic (audio)
1
a
: of, relating to, or concerned with atoms
atomic physics
b
: nuclear sense 2
atomic energy
2
a
: marked by acceptance of the theory of atomism
3
: minute
4
of a chemical element : existing in the state of separate atoms
atomically adverb

Example Sentences

made atomic adjustments to the clock's mechanism to keep it from whirring as it ran
Recent Examples on the Web It was released a decade after American planes dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastating them in the final days of World War II. Michael D. Gordin, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 The firebombing has too often been treated as a mere footnote in the war against Japan, particularly when weighed against the enormity of the atomic bombs dropped a few months later that ended World War II and ushered in the nuclear age. Bob Carden, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 As the two countries trade blame for shelling near the facility, the U.N. atomic energy watchdog warned of potential disaster and urged a cease-fire at a Security Council emergency meeting. Katerina Ang, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Scientists say the explosion was more powerful than hundreds of atomic bombs and produced a shockwave that circled the Earth for days. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022 Gore said global warming pollution is trapping the heat equivalent of 600,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 July 2022 Pierce then moved to Japan to research the cancer risk from radiation from the dropping of atomic bombs during World War II, from 1996 to 2004, according to his resume. oregonlive, 14 July 2022 The incident renewed fears about safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is also the largest atomic energy plant in Europe and is located in an area now occupied by invading Russian forces. John Hudson, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 At that meeting in the western city of Lviv, far from the front lines, the leaders discussed expanding exchanges of prisoners of war and arranging for U.N. atomic energy experts to visit and help secure the nuclear power plant. Paul Byrne, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of atomic was in 1678
TOEFL BNC: 5441 COCA: 5438

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