You can make 17 words from atom according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of atom
atom taom aotm oatm toam otam atmo tamo amto mato tmao mtao aomt oamt amot maot omat moat toma otma tmoa mtoa omta mota
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word atom. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in atom.
Definitions and meaning of atom
atom
Alternative forms
atomus(obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Englishattome, from Middle Frenchathome, from Latinatomus(“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greekἄτομος(átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ-(a-, “not”) + τέμνω(témnō, “I cut”). Atoms are so named because historically the notion was that they were indivisible, given that chemically they are indeed so; the splitting of atoms awaited a later era of science and technology, and nonchemical means.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈætəm/
(General American) IPA(key): [ˈæɾm̩], [ˈæɾəm]
Rhymes: -ætəm
Homophone: Adam(in dialects with flapping)
Hyphenation: at‧om
Noun
atom (pluralatoms)
(chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. [from 16th c.]
Meronyms:proton, neutron, electron
(history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. [from 15th c.]
(now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. [from 17th c.]
(philosophy) In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
(historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second. [from 10th c.]
A mote of dust in a sunbeam. [from 16th c.]
A very small amount; a whit. [from 17th c.]
(computing, programming, Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value. [from 20th c.]
(mathematics) A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero"). [from 20th c.]
Antonym:coatom
In a Venn diagram, an atom is depicted as an area circumscribed by lines but not cut by any line.
(mathematics, set theory) An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement. [from 20th c.]
(Canada, usually attributive) An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds.
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:atom
(small amount):see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
Related terms
atomgrad
Descendants
→ Swahili: atomi
Translations
See also
⚛
chemical element
Further reading
atom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Amto, Mato, Mota, TMAO, atmo, moat, mota, toma
Albanian
Noun
atomm (definiteatomi)
(physics, chemistry) atom
Further reading
“atom”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
“atom”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][3] (in Albanian), 1980
atom in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
atom in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Via GermanAtomn and Latinatomusf from Ancient Greekἄτομοι (φύσεις)f(átomoi (phúseis)), ἄτομα (σώματα)n(átoma (sṓmata), “indivisible particles of matter”).
From Englishatom, from Ancient Greekἄτομος(átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ-(a-, “not”) + τέμνω(témnō, “I cut”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɒtom]
Hyphenation: atom
Rhymes: -om
Noun
atom (pluralatomok)
atom
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
atom in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
atom in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutchatoom(“atom”), from Frenchatome, from Latinatomus, from Ancient Greekἄτομος(átomos).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈatɔm/
Rhymes: -tɔm, -ɔm, -m
Hyphenation: a‧tom
Noun
atom (pluralatom-atom, first-person possessiveatomku, second-person possessiveatommu, third-person possessiveatomnya)
(chemistry, nuclear physics)atom, the smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
(figurative) modern
Synonyms:modern, mutakhir
(figurative) plastic, a synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
Synonym:plastik
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“atom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Englishatom, from Old Frenchatome, from Latinatomus, from Ancient Greekἄτομος(átomos).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /atom/
Rhymes: -atom, -tom, -om
Noun
atom (pluralatom-atom, informal 1st possessiveatomku, 2nd possessiveatommu, 3rd possessiveatomnya)
(physics) atom (physics: smallest possible amount of matter retaining its chemical properties)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greekἄτομος(átomos, “indivisible, uncut, undivided”), both from ἀ-(a-, “not, without”), from Proto-Hellenic*ə-(“un-, not; without, lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European*n̥-(“not, un-”) + and from τέμνω(témnō, “I cut, hew, wound, butcher”), from Proto-Indo-European*tm̥-n-h₁-, from *temh₁-(“to cut”).
(chemistry, physics) an atom (the smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons)
(figuratively) an atom (the smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something)