noun🔗ShareAn atomic operation."The bank's website uses an atomic operation to update account balances. "physicscomputingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic."A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted."physicschemistryscienceelementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEmploying or relating to nuclear energy or processes."We built a small atomic bomb in the garage."energyphysicssciencetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareInfinitesimally small."The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic."physicschemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareUnable to be split or made any smaller."A bit is an atomic item of data."physicschemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads."In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic."computingtechnicalsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes."The atomic commit to the project's codebase reflected only the addition of the new student data entry form. "computingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
