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Complete Definition of "atom"

Image:Stylised Lithium Atom.svg|thumb|right|A stylized representation of a [[Lithium atom using a Rutherford model.]]
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Etymology
From OF. atome, from L. atomus ‘smallest particle’, from AGr. polytonic|ἄτομος, noun use of an adjective ‘indivisible’, from polytonic|ἀ- ‘without’ + polytonic|τέμνειν ‘to cut’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈætəm/

Noun
en-noun

  1. obsolete The smallest mediaeval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
  2. historical A theoretical particle of matter, imagined to be incapable of further division; the smallest possible unit of substance.
  3. physics The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
  4. mathematics A non-zero member of a wikipedia:Boolean algebra|Boolean algebra that is not a union of any other elements.
  5. The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.

Translations
trans-top|small unit of time (Obsolete)
Hindi: पल (pal)
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Marathi: क्षण (kShaṇ)
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trans-top|theoretical particle of matter
Afrikaans: atoom
Arabic: ARchar|ذرة (ðarra) f
Catalan: àtom
Chinese: 原子 (yuán zǐ)
Danish: #Danish|atom n
Dutch: atoom n
Finnish: atomi
French: atome m
German: Atom n
Greek: άτομο n
Hebrew: אטום (ʾāt'om) m
Hindi: परमाणु (paramāṇu)
Italian: atomo m
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Japanese: Jpan|原子 (Jpan|げんし, genshi)
Korean: 원자 (weonja)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئه‌تۆم
Latvian: atoms m
Marathi: अणू (aṇū)
Portuguese: átomo m
Russian: атом (átom) m
Spanish: átomo m
Swedish: #Swedish|atom c
Thai: THchar|ปรมาณู (bpràmānū), THchar|อะตอม (àdtom)
Urdu: URchar|جوہر m
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trans-top|smallest possible amount of matter retaining its chemical properties
Afrikaans: atoom
Arabic: ARchar|ذرة (ðarra) f
Catalan: àtom
Chinese: 原子 (yuán zǐ)
Czech: #Czech|atom m
Danish: #Danish|atom n
Dutch: atoom n
Finnish: atomi
French: atome m
German: Atom n
Greek: άτομο n
Hebrew: אטום (ʾāt'om) m
Hindi: परमाणु (paramāṇu)
Italian: atomo m
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Japanese: Jpan|原子 (Jpan|げんし, genshi)
Korean: 원자 (weonja)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئه‌تۆم
Latvian: atoms
Marathi: अणू (aṇū)
Polish: atom m
Portuguese: átomo m
Russian: атом (átom) m
Spanish: átomo m
Swedish: atom#Swedish|atom c
Thai: THchar|ปรมาณู (bpràmānū), THchar|อะตอม (àdtom)
Urdu: URchar|جوہر m
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trans-top|a kind of member of a Boolean algebra
Danish: #Danish|atom n
Marathi: बूलियन बिजगणितीय प्रणालीतील एक घटक
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trans-top|the smallest indivisible consituent
Danish: #Danish|atom n
Finnish: perusosanen
Hindi: लघुत्तम अविभाज्य घटक
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Marathi: लघुत्तम अविभाज्य घटक
Portuguese: átomo m
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ttbc|Bengali: অণু (aṇu)
ttbc|Breton: atom (collective noun), atomenn f s
ttbc|Cantonese: æ ¸ (hat6)
ttbc|Interlingua: atomo
mid
ttbc|Korean: 원자 (weonja), 아톰 (atom)
ttbc|Romanian: atom m
ttbc|Spanish: átomo m
ttbc|Telugu: అణువు (anuvu)
ttbc|Thai: THchar|อะตอม (àdtom)

Related terms
atomic

Synonyms
See Wikisaurus:particle

References
archived version of Wikipedia page "Atom (disambiguation)"

Category:Greek derivations


Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|m

  1. #English|atom

Czech

Noun
atom m

  1. #English|atom physics|lang=cs

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Danish

Noun
da-noun|et|atom|atomet|atomer|atomerne

  1. #English|atom

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-er

  1. #English|atom; the smallest particle to retain the properties of the element
  2. historical|lang=sv atom; the theoretically smallest possible particle

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