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ATOMISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does atomisation mean?
• ATOMISATION (noun)
The noun ATOMISATION has 2 senses:
1. separating something into fine particles
2. annihilation by reducing something to atoms
Familiarity information: ATOMISATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Separating something into fine particles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
atomisation; atomization; fragmentation
Hypernyms ("atomisation" is a kind of...):
division (the act or process of dividing)
Derivation:
atomise (break up into small particles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Annihilation by reducing something to atoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
atomisation; atomization
Hypernyms ("atomisation" is a kind of...):
annihilation; obliteration (destruction by annihilating something)
Derivation:
atomise (strike at with firepower or bombs)
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