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adj. - (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of energy; Of or relating to or comprising particles adj. - Immeasurably small.

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Usage examples (28)
  • We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate.
  • atomic structure
  • And from 1949 to 1959 "atomic" is the word with the greatest "burstiness".
  • But in atomic phenomena, on the other hand, it is fundamental.
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