ALL meanings of atomic
a·tom·ic
A a - adjective atomic Atomic means relating to power that is produced from the energy released by splitting atoms. 3
- adjective atomic Atomic means relating to the atoms of substances. 3
- adjective atomic of, using, or characterized by atomic bombs or atomic energy 3
- adjective atomic of, related to, or comprising atoms 3
- adjective atomic extremely small; minute 3
- adjective atomic (of a sentence, formula, etc) having no internal structure at the appropriate level of analysis. In predicate calculus, Fa is an atomic sentence and Fx an atomic predicate 3
- adjective atomic of an atom or atoms 3
- adjective atomic of, using, or powered by nuclear energy 3
- adjective atomic involving the use of nuclear weapons 3
- adjective atomic having its atoms in an uncombined form 3
- adjective atomic very small; minute 3
- adjective atomic of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion. 1
- adjective atomic propelled or driven by atomic energy: an atomic submarine. 1
- adjective atomic Chemistry. existing as free, uncombined atoms. 1
- adjective atomic extremely minute. 1
- noun atomic Of or relating to an atom or atoms. 1
- adjective atomic nuclear 1
- adjective atomic immeasurably small 1
- adjective atomic relating to atoms 1
- noun Definition of atomic in Technology (jargon) (From Greek "atomos", indivisible) Indivisible; cannot be split up. For example, an instruction may be said to do several things "atomically", i.e. all the things are done immediately, and there is no chance of the instruction being half-completed or of another being interspersed. Used especially to convey that an operation cannot be interrupted. An atomic data type has no internal structure visible to the program. It can be represented by a flat domain (all elements are equally defined). Machine integers and Booleans are two examples. An atomic database transaction is one which is guaranteed to complete successfully or not at all. If an error prevents a partially-performed transaction from proceeding to completion, it must be "backed out" to prevent the database being left in an inconsistent state. 1
- adjective atomic (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms. 0
- adjective atomic Of or employing nuclear energy or processes. 0
- adjective atomic Infinitesimally small. 0
- adjective atomic Unable to be split or made any smaller. 0
- adjective atomic (computing) Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all. 0