atomicallyadv.

Brit.

/əˈtɒmᵻkli/, U.S.

/əˈtɑmək(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: atomical adj., -ly suffix²; atomic adj., -ally suffix.

Etymology: < atomical adj. + -ly suffix². In later use probably partly also < atomic adj. + -ally suffix.

1. Chiefly History of Science. In the form of atoms, by means of atoms; (also) in accordance with the principles of atomic theory.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adverb] > specific schools

pythagorically1588

Pythagoreanly1596

atomically1659

the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adverb]

atomistically1874

atomically1888

1659 tr. R. Fludd Mosaicall Philos. ii. 201 Some will make the originall to spring atomically out of the stone.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. *2 Divers of the Italicks, and particularly Empedocles,..Physiologized Atomically.

1869 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. 7 p. cxxxi Man was evolved—having always existed atomically,—by means of the next lower species.

1888 Athenæum 18 Aug. 214/2 Ourselves atomically constituted in body, soul..and spirit..we are in constant rapport with external influences of similar kinds.

1947 H. Miller Hist. Introd. Mod. Philos. iv. 61 All things would be explained, in this prototype of modern chemistry, as compositions of these four elements, atomically divided.

1995 P. Van Inwagen God, Knowl. & Myst. iii. 93 The denial of atomism can be partitioned into the following hypotheses: matter is continuous; matter is neither continuous nor atomically structured; matter does not exist.

2. Science. As regards atoms; on the atomic scale.In quot. 1730, perhaps intended in the etymological sense ‘indivisibly’ (cf. quot. 1754 at atomical adj. 1).

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1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia 141 Its Nature seems to be such, as not to be intangled, inviscated, and so atomically consolidated with them,..but that it may be easily set loose from them.

1850 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 11 The relation..is of equal weights of the salts diffused, and not of atomically equivalent weights.

1891 Lancet 21 Feb. 439/1 The atomically inert nitrogen.

1917 Sci. Monthly Nov. 456 Atomically neutral like helium.

1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 58/1 The ideal, atomically clean surface of a crystalline solid.

1999 Nature 25 Feb. 679/1 Semiconductor devices are typically grown on a ‘vicinal’ surface, a staircase of atomically flat terraces separated by atomic-height steps.

2003 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 9319/1 An atomically detailed picture of..structural rearrangements.

3. As regards or by means of atomic weapons.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adverb] > with atomic weapons

atomically1955

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 191/3 The example..cited, amphibious landings in the face of an atomically armed foe, presents no greater difficulties than defense of a shore line against an atomically armed invader.

1958 Times 8 Nov. 7/2 Keeping up atomically with the Joneses is precisely what the talks were supposed to prevent.

1986 C. N. Manlove Sci. Fiction iii. 36 We start, as in ‘Target One’, with an atomically-devastated earth and a scientist with a time machine.

1998 D. Bandow in Dae-Sook Suh & Chae-Jin Lee North Korea after Kim Il Sung vi. 139 South Korea, understandably, would be reluctant to sit atomically naked if it had no U.S. umbrella while the North possessed the bomb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	atomically
释义	atomicallyadv. Brit. /əˈtɒmᵻkli/, U.S. /əˈtɑmək(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: atomical adj., -ly suffix²; atomic adj., -ally suffix. Etymology: < atomical adj. + -ly suffix². In later use probably partly also < atomic adj. + -ally suffix. 1. Chiefly History of Science. In the form of atoms, by means of atoms; (also) in accordance with the principles of atomic theory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adverb] > specific schools pythagorically1588 Pythagoreanly1596 atomically1659 the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adverb] atomistically1874 atomically1888 1659 tr. R. Fludd Mosaicall Philos. ii. 201 Some will make the originall to spring atomically out of the stone. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. 2 Divers of the Italicks, and particularly Empedocles,..Physiologized Atomically. 1869 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc.* 7 p. cxxxi Man was evolved—having always existed atomically,—by means of the next lower species. 1888 Athenæum 18 Aug. 214/2 Ourselves atomically constituted in body, soul..and spirit..we are in constant rapport with external influences of similar kinds. 1947 H. Miller Hist. Introd. Mod. Philos. iv. 61 All things would be explained, in this prototype of modern chemistry, as compositions of these four elements, atomically divided. 1995 P. Van Inwagen God, Knowl. & Myst. iii. 93 The denial of atomism can be partitioned into the following hypotheses: matter is continuous; matter is neither continuous nor atomically structured; matter does not exist. 2. Science. As regards atoms; on the atomic scale.In quot. 1730, perhaps intended in the etymological sense ‘indivisibly’ (cf. quot. 1754 at atomical adj. 1). ΚΠ 1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia 141 Its Nature seems to be such, as not to be intangled, inviscated, and so atomically consolidated with them,..but that it may be easily set loose from them. 1850 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 11 The relation..is of equal weights of the salts diffused, and not of atomically equivalent weights. 1891 Lancet 21 Feb. 439/1 The atomically inert nitrogen. 1917 Sci. Monthly Nov. 456 Atomically neutral like helium. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 58/1 The ideal, atomically clean surface of a crystalline solid. 1999 Nature 25 Feb. 679/1 Semiconductor devices are typically grown on a ‘vicinal’ surface, a staircase of atomically flat terraces separated by atomic-height steps. 2003 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 9319/1 An atomically detailed picture of..structural rearrangements. 3. As regards or by means of atomic weapons. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adverb] > with atomic weapons atomically1955 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 191/3 The example..cited, amphibious landings in the face of an atomically armed foe, presents no greater difficulties than defense of a shore line against an atomically armed invader. 1958 Times 8 Nov. 7/2 Keeping up atomically with the Joneses is precisely what the talks were supposed to prevent. 1986 C. N. Manlove Sci. Fiction iii. 36 We start, as in ‘Target One’, with an atomically-devastated earth and a scientist with a time machine. 1998 D. Bandow in Dae-Sook Suh & Chae-Jin Lee North Korea after Kim Il Sung vi. 139 South Korea, understandably, would be reluctant to sit atomically naked if it had no U.S. umbrella while the North possessed the bomb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1659
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