atomicity
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌætəˈmɪsɪti/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌætəˈmɪsɪti/, [-ɾə-], [-ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɪsɪti
- Hyphenation: atom‧ic‧i‧ty
Noun
atomicity (countable and uncountable, plural atomicities)
- (countable, chemistry)
- The number of atoms in a molecule.
- Hyponyms: diatomicity, triatomicity
- (historical) Synonym of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”)
- The number of atoms in a molecule.
- (countable, computing) The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being atomic.
Derived terms
Translations
synonym of valence — see valence
state of a system in which either all stages complete or none complete
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quality or state of being atomic
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Further reading
- atomicity (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- atomicity (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “atomicity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “atomicity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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