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atomicity

[ at-uh-mis-i-tee ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. the number of atoms in a molecule of a gas.


atomicity

/ ˌætəˈmɪsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the state of being made up of atoms
  2. the number of atoms in the molecules of an element
  3. a less common name for valency
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of atomicity1

First recorded in 1860–65; atomic + -ity
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Example Sentences

The atomicity of certain chemical bodies does not inform us as to why one should be a deadly poison and another perfectly innocuous.

Pécuchet replied that they were not patients, and, having stated the object of their visit: "We want to understand, in the first place, the higher atomicity."

It will be shown that Clerk Maxwell also definitely affirms the atomicity of the aether, while Tyndall and Huyghens also use the term “particles of aether” over and over again.

It is even more strange that it may now be said of energy that there are signs of atomicity.

It comes to this: All compounds which you can explain on your views of atomicity are atomic, and all that you cannot thus explain are molecular.

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