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Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C.

An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley.

The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

Of or pertaining to atoms.

In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.

An atomist. [R.]

Atomism. [Obs.]

Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.

The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory. Locke.

Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.] It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge.

The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.

To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray. The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or atomized. Dunglison.

One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

The doctrine of atoms. Cudworth.

An atom; a mite; a pigmy.

An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

One who is self-taught. [R.] Young.