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atomic

Etymology

From atom + -ic.

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Adjective

atomic (not comparable)

(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
Antonyms: molecular
A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.
Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
atomic energy; atomic bombs
Some nutjob once built a small atomic pile in his back yard.
- 1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495:
  Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.
Infinitesimally small.
The hairs on a dust mite are almost atomic.
Unable to be split or made any smaller.
Synonyms: indivisible, unatomizable
A bit is an atomic item of data.
1. (programming, of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
2. (logic, of a proposition) Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
(computing, of an operation) Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic.
Whenever possible, use atomic types instead of mutexes.

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Noun

atomic (plural atomics)

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