atomic
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An atomic operation.
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Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
โA stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.โ
ant:molecular - 2
Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
โWe built a small atomic bomb in the garage.โ
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Infinitesimally small.
โThe hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic.โ
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Unable to be split or made any smaller.
โA bit is an atomic item of data.โ
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Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
โIn order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic.โ
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(of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
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