as in tiny
very small in size
made atomic adjustments to the clock's mechanism to keep it from whirring as it ran
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Last month, Putin upped Moscow's nuclear rhetoric after the United States allowed Kyiv to use longer-range ATACMS to strike inside Russia, formalizing changes to his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the threshold for atomic weapons use.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Quantum computing is a revolutionary type of computing that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics—the fundamental theory in physics that describes the behavior of particles at the atomic and subatomic levels.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
While the Virginia-class submarines will be nuclear-powered, they will not be armed with atomic weapons and are instead expected to carry long-range cruise missiles.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Researchers would now be able to quickly re-create the effects of many different atomic lattices in a single device and find out exactly what electrons are capable of.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Quantum computing is a revolutionary type of computing that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics—the fundamental theory in physics that describes the behavior of particles at the atomic and subatomic levels.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
While the Virginia-class submarines will be nuclear-powered, they will not be armed with atomic weapons and are instead expected to carry long-range cruise missiles.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Researchers would now be able to quickly re-create the effects of many different atomic lattices in a single device and find out exactly what electrons are capable of.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
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For what’s known as PM2.5 pollution, or tiny inhalable particles of smoke and dust, a PurpleAir sensor located south of Los Angeles International Airport simultaneously returned on Monday an air quality index of 28 on AirNow’s website, 20 on WatchDuty, and 5 on PurpleAir’s official page.Paresh Dave, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
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Despite their immense size, these gentle giants are filter feeders, primarily consuming plankton, small fish, and other tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths open to filter food from the water.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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The minuscule creature is a baby from the species Neolithodes agassizii, a type of king crab.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Riggs won reelection by 734 votes — a minuscule margin of victory that was confirmed by two recounts.Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
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To explore the relationship between memory retention and sleep, researchers at the university asked 35 English-speaking adults to study Mini Pinyin, a miniature language based on Mandarin.Maureen Mackey, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Perry the miniature donkey, who served as the movement model for the character Donkey from the popular Shrek franchise, has died at 30 years old.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Some are visible, such as soil and soot, but others are microscopic. PM 10 and 2.5 are microscopic solid or liquid droplets, up to 30 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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The real world was no longer enough for recent MCU movies so they have been set in microscopic environments on earth and in alternate dimensions filled with floating dragons which are meant to be hidden behind actual waterfalls.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Atomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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