Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 36 compound words that contain atom. The most common are listed below. Open atom in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- atom bombSynonym of atomic bomb: A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
- atom feedA type of web feed that uses the Atom Syndication Format and the Atom Publishing Protocol.
- atom laserA coherent state of propagating atoms, created out of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
- atom physicsSynonym of atomic physics: The branch of physics that studies the atomic structure and the interaction between atoms.
- exotic atomthe equivalent of an atom in which either the nucleus, or an electron, is replaced by some other subatomic particle
- gram atomThe amount of an element whose mass in grams is that of its atomic weight; a mole of atoms.
- atom bombsplural of atom bomb: A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
- social atomA psychotherapeutic diagram presenting individuals as nodes (with the patient at the centre) connected by lines indicating their relationships.
- atom feedsplural of atom feed: A type of web feed that uses the Atom Syndication Format and the Atom Publishing Protocol.
- Boolean atomA logical proposition that cannot be derived from other logical propositions by a Boolean operation.
- vortex atomA hypothetical ring-shaped mass of elementary matter in continuous vortical motion, once regarded as the typical form and structure of the chemical atom.
- Rutherford atomThe type of atom described by the Rutherford model.
- Gabor atomA kind of function used in the analysis proposed by Dennis Gabor in 1946 in which a family of functions is built from translations and modulations of a generating function.
- Bohr atomThe type of atom described by the Bohr model.
- hadronic atoma hydrogen-like system consisting of an ordinary nucleus with a hadron in orbit.
- gramme atomAlternative spelling of gram atom: The amount of an element whose mass in grams is that of its atomic weight; a mole of atoms.
- Rydberg atomAny atom which has a single valence electron in a shell well outside any other electrons in the aton; approximates the hydrogen atom.
- atom smasherA particle accelerator.
- atom smashersplural of atom smasher: A particle accelerator.
- Hooke's atomAn artificial helium-like atom where the Coulombic electron-nucleus interaction potential is replaced by a harmonic potential.
- atom cocktailAlternative form of atomic cocktail: A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.
- atom lasersplural of atom laser: A coherent state of propagating atoms, created out of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
- atom cocktailsplural of atom cocktail: A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.
Compound words 36
- diatomAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
- TatumA habitational surname from Old English.
- adatomAn atom that lies on a crystal surface
- atomyA tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
- atompunkA subgenre of speculative fiction, based on the society and technology of the Atomic Age (c. 1945–1969).
- atomlessWithout atoms.
- atomlikeCharacteristic of or resembling an atom.
- spiroatomThe connecting atom in a spiro compound.
- atomergAn indivisible unit of energy, according to a theory of matter put forward by Earle K. Plyler in the 1930s.
- atomsiteSynonym of trinitite: The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.