Crossword-Solution: ATOMICITY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Atomicity | n. | Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “ATOMICITY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Chemical valence. | 1 answer |
| The number of atoms in the molecule of an element | 1 answer |
| state of being made up of atoms | 1 answer |
| intelligibility | 3 answers |
| freedom from mixture | 8 answers |
| not a hint of | 8 answers |
| indivisibility | 9 answers |
| plainness | 59 answers |
| Unity | 78 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ATOMICITY (5)
The answer to this question (Is there any satisfactory evidence deducible of the existence of two distinct forms of chemical combination?) depends materially on the view we take of the property called in text-books valency or atomicity; and before discussing the question it is important to have a clear idea of what these words valency and atomicity really mean.
The lecturer objected most strongly to the word "atomicity;" he could not conceive of one atom being more atomic than another; he could understand the atomicity of a molecule or the equivalency of an atom, but not the atomicity of an atom; the expression seemed to him complete nonsense.
Where are we to draw the line between atomic and molecular combination, and why? It comes to this: All compounds which you can explain on your views of atomicity are atomic, and all that you cannot thus explain are molecular.
But undoubtedly there are cases in which the atomicity of energy is clear enough, as for example in the interchange of energy between electrons in motion and radiation.
But this new chemistry has grown up by the help of hypotheses, such as those of Dalton and of Avogadro, and that singular conception of 'bonds' invented to colligate the facts of 'valency' or 'atomicity,' the first of which took some time to make its way; while the second fell into oblivion, for many years after it was propounded, for lack of empirical justification.
Quotes with ATOMICITY (1)
... it should be remembered that the atomicity of electric charge has already found its expression in the specific numerical value of the fine structure constant, a theoretical understanding of which is still missing today.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1946).