how to pronounce atom

/ˈæt.əm/

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atom is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of atom in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… The Godfather of the atom bomb a leading …”

meaning of atom

An atom is the smallest unit of an element that can exist.

atom frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word atom occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics atom can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that atom can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

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