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atomic

[uh-tom-ik] / əˈtɒm ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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Importantly, even when the electrons received substantial energy from the laser pulses, their wave packets remained sufficiently localized for microscopy with atomic spatial resolution and attosecond time resolution.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Scientists also need to observe how these processes change over time, effectively creating slow-motion movies of events occurring at the atomic scale.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Singh was born two years before the outbreak of World War II. Tulsi was born in the year atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Thus, the atomic theory required that the universe be filled with emptiness—an infinite void.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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