Atom vs Scrap - What's the difference?
atom | scrap | Synonyms |
(history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
(physics, chemistry) 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.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. (Now generally interpreted as a figurative use of the physics sense, above.)
* 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross),
A very small amount (of something immaterial); a whit.
* 1873 , (Isabella Macdonald Alden) (as "Pansy"), Three People , Western Tract and Book Society (1873),
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(mathematics) A non-zero member of a (Boolean algebra) that is not a union of any other elements.
(computing, programming, Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list. A scalar value.
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
* De Quincey
(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
Discarded material (especially metal), junk.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
To discard.
(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
To dispose of at a scrapyard.
To make into scrap.
to fight
As nouns the difference between atom and scrap
is that atom is the smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second while scrap is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.As a verb scrap is
to discard.atom
English
(wikipedia atom)Alternative forms
* atomus (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …'', Volume 1, pp.284-5
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
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- "I have hardly the faintest atom of hope," answered this honest, earnest man.
- those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength
Synonyms
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* elementReferences
*archived version of Wikipedia page "Atom (disambiguation)"
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English
Etymology 1
(etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, fromNoun
(en noun)- I have no materials — not a scrap .
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- That car isn't good for anything but scrap .
- pork scraps
