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atomic

[uh-tom-ik] / əˈtɒm ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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Even the atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency that oversees the Internet Time Service, lost five-millionths of a second because of the electrical outages.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even in this atomic system, the defining signatures of Josephson junctions emerged.

From Science Daily

North Korea said on Sunday that Japan's nuclear ambitions "must be prevented at any cost", after a Tokyo official reportedly suggested the country should possess atomic weapons.

From Barron's

Those measurements allow Europa Clipper to closely study these atomic species, offering a more detailed look at what is happening in the comet and what it is made of.

From Science Daily

Nuclear fusion occurs when two light atomic nuclei merge to form a single heavier one.

From The Wall Street Journal