ATOM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
   Synonym(s)
   • corpuscle (what does corpuscle mean?)
   • molecule (what does molecule mean?)
   • mote (what does mote mean?)
   • particle (what does particle mean?)
   • speck (what does speck mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) atom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • material (what does material mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grain (what does grain mean?)
   • chylomicron (what does chylomicron mean?)
   • flyspeck (what does flyspeck mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • atomize (what does atomize mean?)
   • atomise (what does atomise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
   Hypernyms(s) atom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • substance (what does substance mean?)
   • matter (what does matter mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • isotope (what does isotope mean?)
   • monad (what does monad mean?)
   • carbon atom (what does carbon atom mean?)
   • hydrogen atom (what does hydrogen atom mean?)
   • free radical (what does free radical mean?)
   • radical (what does radical mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • atomize (what does atomize mean?)
   • atomise (what does atomise mean?)
   • atomize (what does atomize mean?)
   • atomise (what does atomise mean?)
   • atomize (what does atomize mean?)
   • atomise (what does atomise mean?)