Meanings
nounatomicity (countable and uncountable, plural atomicities)
plural atomicities
- countablehistoricaluncountablechemistrySynonym of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
Synonyms: valence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greek*τομός (*tomós)
- Ancient Greekἄτομος (átomos)
- Latinatomu
- Middle Frenchathome
- Middle Englishattome
- Englishatom
- Englishatomic
- Englishatomicity
Translations
Catalan atomicitat
- atomicitatquality or state of being atomic
Finnish atomien lukumäärä, atomisuus
- atomien lukumääränumber of atoms in a molecule
- atomisuusstate of a system in which either all stages complete or none complete
- jakamattomuusstate of a system in which either all stages complete or none complete
- atomisuusquality or state of being atomic
- jakamattomuusquality or state of being atomic
French atomicité
- atomicitéquality or state of being atomic
German Atomizität, Atomarität
- Atomizitätquality or state of being atomic
- Atomaritätquality or state of being atomic
- Atomigkeitquality or state of being atomic
Irish adamhacht
- adamhachtquality or state of being atomic
Spanish atomicidad
- atomicidadquality or state of being atomic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with atomicity
electricitypublicityethnicitytoxicitysimplicityelasticityfelicityplasticityhistoricitychromaticityantineoplasticityaromanticityatmosphericitybenediciteinfelicitylaicitymonochromaticitypolychromaticityrhoticitysyntheticitytriplicity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
atomicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atomicity
MLA
“atomicity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atomicity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atomicity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atomicity.
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