Intrinsic vs Atomic - What's the difference?
intrinsic | atomic |
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
* I. Taylor
Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms
Of or employing nuclear energy or processes
Infinitesimally small
Unable to be split or made any smaller
(computing) Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all.
As adjectives the difference between intrinsic and atomic
is that intrinsic is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential while atomic is atomic.As a noun intrinsic
is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.intrinsic
English
(Intrinsic and extrinsic properties)Alternative forms
* intrinsick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- the intrinsic value of gold or silver
- the intrinsic merit of an action
- He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
Antonyms
* extrinsicDerived terms
* * * * *Noun
(en noun)- You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.
External links
* *atomic
English
Adjective
- A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted
- We built a small atomic bomb in the garage
- The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic
- A bit is an atomic item of data
- In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic