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a·tom·ic
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atomic age
the period characterized by the use of atomic energy: regarded as beginning with the creation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942 -
atomic mass unit
a unit of mass used to express atomic and molecular weights that is equal to one twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12. It is equivalent to 1.66 × 10–27 kg -
nuclear
pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war. -
postatomic
existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world. -
atomic energy commission
(in the US) a federal board established in 1946 to administer and develop domestic atomic energy programmes -
atomic volume
the atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element divided by its density