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** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To separate or reduce into atom s.
2. [en] To make into a fine spray .
3. [en] To fragment ; to break into small pieces or concepts.
4. * 1979 , Gould, Stephen J., and Richard C. Lewontin. "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme." _Proceedings of the Royal Society of London_ _205_ : p. 585:
5. *: An organism is then ATOMIZED into 'traits' and these traits are explained as structures optimally designed by natural selection for their functions.
6. [en] To bomb with nuclear weapon s.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to separate or reduce into atoms]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to make into a fine spray]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to bomb with nuclear weapons]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
** Galician
*** Verb
[gl]
1. [atomizar]
** Portuguese
*** Verb
[pt]
1. [atomizar]