atom

Speech parts

1. atom - Noun

2. atom - Verb

Meaning

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.

A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.

The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.

To reduce to atoms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mote speck particle molecule corpuscle fleck hadron farthing Ion dot boson dimer cornfield iota dab
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Antonyms

legion gob blizzard WAD bucket bonanza
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Hypernyms

material substance stuff

Hyponyms

radical grain grinding monad isotope flyspeck

Related terms

atomgrad

Phrases with the word

Bohr atom splitting the atom bottom atom mass of a single atom atom weight atom war

Anagrams

atmo moat Amto Mato mota TMAO toma

Examples

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. Albert Einstein

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent. Charles de Gaulle

Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties. James Jeans

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. it looks terrible but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people--not by one of two new types of weapon. Mao Zedong

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Jack London

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice. Albert Einstein

Close letter words and terms

atoll atoll fruit dove atoltivimab atom blast atom bomb atom bombs