B1NounMasculine
l' atomo
atom
/AH-toh-moh/
Plural: atomi
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What does ‘atomo’ mean in English?
Examples in Context
Un atomo è composto da un nucleo con elettroni che gli girano intorno.
An atom is made up of a nucleus with electrons orbiting around it.
Enrico Fermi ottenne la prima reazione nucleare a catena nel 1942.
Enrico Fermi achieved the first nuclear chain reaction in 1942.
About This Word
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), born in Rome, won the Nobel Prize in Physics and led the first nuclear reactor.
Related Words
molecolaelettroneprotoneneutronenucleo