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Atomic   /ətˈɑmɪk/   Listen
Atomic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or comprising atoms.  "Atomic hydrogen"
2.
(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy.  Synonym: nuclear.  "Nuclear weapons" , "Atomic bombs"
3.
Immeasurably small.



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"Atomic" Quotes from Famous Books



... every direction. The gray sea, now covered with fog patches, rolled on the horizon under low-lying cloud. Numerous craft, some small, some large, moved busily about on the water, which in its components was identical with that of Terra, far distant in the Sirius Sector. Crude but workable atomic motors powered most of them, and there was a high proportion of submarines. Powers thought of Earth's oceans for a moment, but then dismissed the thought. Biological technical data were no specialty he needed. Terra might be ...
— Join Our Gang? • Sterling E. Lanier

... been soaked for three months in a vat of lime-water as strong as could be maintained. Similar experiments were tried on the Baltimore and Ohio in 1850. The result was not satisfactory, as might be expected from the fact that lime is a comparatively weak antiseptic (52.5 by atomic weight, while creosote is 216), and from the extreme tediousness of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 • Various

... mystical quality, Admiral. His men would follow him into an atomic furnace. And—and I almost believe he could bring them through safely if he wanted ...
— The Adventurer • Cyril M. Kornbluth

... last of the group that included herself and the doctor, and walked from St. Satisfax towards its atomic elements' respective homes, had vanished down her turning—it was the large Miss Baker, as a matter of fact—then Sally referred to the sermon and its text, jumping straight to her own indictment of ...
— Somehow Good • William de Morgan



Words linked to "Atomic" :   atom, thermonuclear, conventional, little, small



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