# atomic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈtɒm.ɪk/ · frequency rank #7,312

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
2. Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
3. Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
4. Infinitesimally small.
5. Unable to be split or made any smaller.
6. Unable to be split or made any smaller.
7. Unable to be split or made any smaller.
8. Unable to be split or made any smaller.
9. Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)
Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós
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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós)
Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor.
Latin atomusbor.
Middle French athomebor.
Middle English attome
English atom
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
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New Latin atomus
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New Latin -icus
New Latin atomicusbor.
English atomic
From atom + -ic, or borrowed from New Latin atomicus. Probably also a calque of French atomique.

## Easily confused with
- **atoms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atomic-vs-atoms)
- **attic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atomic-vs-attic)
- **atom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atom-vs-atomic)
- **anemic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anemic-vs-atomic)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aotmic`, `atmoic`, `atoimc`, `atomci`, `atomicc`, `atommic`, `attomic`, `taomic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/atomic