atom
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In this case, each carbon ring shifted from bonding through all five carbon atoms to bonding through only one carbon atom.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
In its first moments, the universe was a seething soup of elementary particles and energetic photons that would destroy any atom before it could form.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Infleqtion, the maker of quantum sensors and neutral atom computers, gained nearly 24%.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
The first phase involved determining if he predated the "nuclear age", which began in 1945 when the US first tested the atom bomb in New Mexico, the coroner heard.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
When an atom of uranium splits, the pieces aren’t just smaller than the original atoms; they also have a different number of protons in their nuclei.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing atom
Quantum of Vocabulary: the Parlance of Particle Physics
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Word Generation Science - Introductory Chemistry Concepts
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Matter and Energy 1: Atoms and Molecules
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