All 5 Uses of
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- It was an atomic bomb.†
p. 216.8atomic = related to the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means
- The aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, August 9, 1945.†
p. 218.2
- NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB MUSEUM/EPA/CORBIS.†
p. 218.7
- He used a word that sounded like "atomic."†
p. 219.2
- They were evidently about to murder all the other POWs and civilian internees in their custody when the atomic bomb brought their empire crashing down.†
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Definition:
the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means; comprised of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by orbiting electrons