átomo
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átomo
Galician
Noun
átomo m (plural átomos)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
átomo m (plural átomos)
- (physics, chemistry) atom (nucleus surrounded by electrons)
- atom (smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something)
- (historical) atom (theoretical indivisible particle of matter)
- instant (a very short period of time)
- Synonyms: instante, momento, piscar de olhos
- a very small and insignificant thing
Hyponyms
- (nucleus surrounded by electrons): eletrão, núcleo, partícula subatómica, protão
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈatomo/
Audio (Latin America): (file) - Rhymes: -atomo
- Syllabification: á‧to‧mo
Noun
átomo m (plural átomos)
- (chemistry, physics) atom (the smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element)
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Further reading
- “átomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10