ATOMS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

atoms

noun

plural of atom

as in particles

a very small piece give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending

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Recent Examples of atoms Cooler white dwarfs with mixed hydrogen and helium atmospheres often would glow cyan or pale blue, caused as hydrogen molecules collide with helium atoms in their dense atmospheres. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 This cyan-pale blue is caused by hydrogen molecules colliding with helium atoms inside their ultra-dense atmospheres. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 More tests revealed that the fluorine-carbon bonds changed the electrical properties of the nearby carbon atoms. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 Perhaps today’s atomic clocks, tuned to the steady vibrations of cesium atoms, could one day seem as quaint as sundials. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 Mortals have material boundaries formed of atoms and molecules. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026 This material is where all the atoms in a gas occupy the exact same quantum state, producing weird quantum effects at unusually macroscopic scales. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026 Beyond the individual atoms and bonds of molecules, the body also cares about how they’re arranged in space. — Sajish Mathew, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Those products are made with tiny particles that are more likely to be inhaled or absorbed by marine organisms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
For example, when a credit card is fragmented into particles some 10 microns in diameter, there is a more than 200-fold increase in its surface area, says Wei Min, a chemist at Columbia University and one of the senior authors of the study.

— Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.

— Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of specks

Noun

In 1999 a group led by Austrian physicist Anton Zeilinger confirmed that fullerenes, large molecules consisting of 60 carbon atoms, behave just the same.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Under alkaline conditions, splitting water molecules takes over 100 times longer than in acidic environments.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of molecules

Noun

O’Rourke and double bassist Johan Berthling shape a steady drone, while Ishibashi’s piano runs suggest time-lapse footage of ice crystals forming, ordinary little bits cohering into objects of wonder.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Cryptographers responded by lengthening the keys, and 2,048 bits is now considered the minimum.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bits

Noun

The oversized jacket featured a furry white base adorned with flecks of silver, which beautifully mirrored the sumptuous coats on the runway.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Add the torn basil and process just until incorporated -- there will be flecks of green in the mixture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of flecks

Noun

Others contained iron, calcium, and silicon arranged in clusters of separate grains.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
This uses distinct propellant grains that are arranged sequentially inside the motor casing and separated into two or more independent chambers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of grains

Noun

In the commercial, the snippets of Salazar show her 1990s sit down with the late Communist leader.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.

— Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

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