reduce to particles; fragment, break into pieces, separate into fragments; divide into atoms; convert a liquid into spray; spray very delicately; demolish or destroy something using atomic weapons; subject to attack by atomic weapons (also atomise)
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Atomize Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
atomize
\at"om*ize\, v. t. to reduce to atoms, or to fine spray. the liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or atomized.
atomize
v
1. spray very finely; "atomize perfume" [syn: atomise]
2. strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: nuke, atomise, zap]
3. break up into small particles; of liquids or solids [syn: atomise]
Verb
1. spray very finely; "atomize perfume"
(synonym) atomise
(hypernym) spray
(derivation) atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer
2. strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"
(synonym) nuke, atomise, zap
(hypernym) bombard, bomb
(derivation) atomization, atomisation
3. break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
(synonym) atomise
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(derivation) atomization, atomisation, fragmentation
Atomize Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
to spray a liquid through a restricted opening, causing it to break into tiny droplets and mix thoroughly with the surrounding air.
Atomize Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Process of changing a liquid to minute particles or a fine spray.
Atomize Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Atomization or Atomizer may refer to:
- The making of an aerosol, which is a colloid suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas
- An apparatus using an atomizer nozzle
- Sprays, mists, fogs, clouds and smoke, which appear to be atomized
- A nebulizer, which is a device used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs
- The conversion of a vaporized sample into atomic components in atomic spectroscopy
- Atomizer Geyser, a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park
- Atomizer (album), a 1986 album by Big Black
- Atomizer (band), a British synthpop duo
- In fiction, the complete disintegration of a targeted object into the atoms which constitute it is accomplished by shooting it with a disintegrator ray
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