atomic.
Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.
Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
atomic energy; atomic bombs
Some nutjob once built a small atomic pile in his back yard.
Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. Very strong and overpowering.
Infinitesimally small.
The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic.
Unable to be split or made any smaller.
A bit is an atomic item of data.
Unable to be split or made any smaller. Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
Unable to be split or made any smaller. Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
Unable to be split or made any smaller. Such that for every element b>0 there exists an atom a such that b≥a>0.
Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic.
Whenever possible, use atomic types instead of mutexes.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic From atom + -ic.
An atomic operation.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atomic From atom + -ic.
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