Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
atom
IPA transcription: ['ætəm]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
atom
Meaning:
(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
Usage examples
On the one hand, all shadow; on the other, an atom.
The Atom Smasher was vibrating at tremendous speed.
He caught Lucille and dragged her back toward the Atom Smasher.
It was a hint which no man with an atom of self-respect could overlook.
"You remember how poor Cain seemed to take great interest in the Atom Smasher.
The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.
The good old Atom Smasher has been doing some lively stunts, or we'd have been engulfed too.
Then I shut off the power and let the waters rush in over the Atom Smasher, and swam ashore.
We'll dump the Atom Smasher into the pond, and try to forget that we've had anything except a bad nightmare."
And there upon the platform was the Atom Smasher, a little thread of violet light seeping out of the central tube.