ATOMIC - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce atomic?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of atomic by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of atomic through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of atomic is /ətˈɑmɪk/.

Definition of atomic according to Wiktionary:
atomic can be an adjective or a noun

As an adjective atomic can mean:
1. Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
2. Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
3. Infinitesimally small.
4. Unable to be split or made any smaller.
5. Of 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.

As a noun atomic can mean:
An atomic operation.

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