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Webster 1913 Edition

Atom

At′om

,
Noun.
[L.
atomus
, Gr. [GREEK], uncut, indivisible;
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK], verbal adj. of [GREEK] to cut: cf. F.
atome
. See
Tome
.]
1.
(Physics)
(a)
An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
(b)
An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.
(c)
A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.
☞ These three definitions correspond to different views of the nature of the ultimate particles of matter. In the case of the last two, the particles are more correctly called molecules.
Dana.
2.
(Chem.)
The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
3.
Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
There was not an
atom
of water.
Sir J. Ross.

At′om

,
Verb.
T.
To reduce to atoms.
[Obs.]
Feltham.

Webster 1828 Edition

Atom

AT'OM

,
Noun.
[Gr.; L. atomus; from not, and to cut.]
1.
A particle of matter so minute as to admit of no division. Atoms are conceived to be the first principles or component parts of all bodies.
2.
The ultimate or smallest component part of a body.
3.
Any thing extremely small.

Definition 2024

atóm

atóm

See also: atom, Atom, àtom, atom-, and atom'

Icelandic

Noun

atóm n ‎(genitive singular atóms, nominative plural atóm)

  1. (physics) an atom

Synonyms

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin atomus ‎(“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος ‎(átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) + τέμνω ‎(témnō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈatɔːm/

Noun

atóm m ‎(genitive singular atómu, nominative plural atómy, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (physics) atom

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • atóm in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Latin atomus ‎(“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος ‎(átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) + τέμνω ‎(témnō, “I cut”).

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