adverb
- in a way that relates to atoms or atomic structure
- as a single, indivisible unit that cannot be broken down further
Usage: scientific
Usage: computing; technical
Examples
- The elements are atomically different from each other.
- Carbon and hydrogen bond atomically to form methane.
- The database transaction must execute atomically to prevent data corruption.
- In programming, certain operations need to be performed atomically.
- The system processes requests atomically to ensure consistency.
- Each instruction is executed atomically by the processor.