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atomic

[uh-tom-ik] / əˈtɒm ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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Individual powder granules are measured in micrometres, the coatings in nanometres - they are applied using a technique known as atomic layer deposition.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Using powerful atomic force microscopy, researchers watched short pieces of DNA align with extraordinary precision, matching one another groove for groove.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Instead, it emerges from a specific atomic structure that forms dynamically while the reaction is taking place.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Coxon likened A.I. development to the Manhattan Project, the U.S. effort that built the first atomic bombs.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

News of the atomic bomb quickly reached Joseph Stalin, the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union, at his headquarters in the Kremlin, in Moscow's Red Square.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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