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Webster 1913 Edition
Atomize
At′om-ize
,Verb.
T.
To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or
atomized
. Dunglison.
Definition 2024
atomize
atomize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
atomize (third-person singular simple present atomizes, present participle atomizing, simple past and past participle atomized)
- (transitive) to separate or reduce into atoms
- (transitive) to make into a fine spray
- (transitive) to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts
- 1979, Gould, Stephen J., and Richard C. Lewontin. "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 205: p. 585:
- An organism is then atomized into 'traits' and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions.
- 1979, Gould, Stephen J., and Richard C. Lewontin. "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 205: p. 585:
- (transitive) to bomb with nuclear weapons
Translations
to separate or reduce into atoms
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to make into a fine spray
to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts
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to bomb with nuclear weapons