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ATOMY

Definition: ATOMY

ATOMY

Noun

1. A skeleton.

2. An atom; a mite; a pigmy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ATOMY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)


Synonyms within Context: ATOMY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Littleness

Dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling,dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: ATOMY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Atomy, jâadra, écâastice (reference)

  • Kholodnye i ultrakholodnye atomy (reference)

  • Mekhanicheskoe deæistvie sveta na atomy (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ATOMY

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Ma do wyboru dwa atomy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ATOMY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

atomy

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ATOMY

Language Translations for "ATOMY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

atom (atom, monad), skelet (cadre, carcase, carcass, case, frame, framework, Mount, mounting, shell, skeleton, yoke). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

скелет (anatomy, bones, framework, shell, skeleton), атом (atom), дребосъче (hop-o'-my-thumb, minikin, mite, tomtit). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csontváz (anatomy, bag of bones, bony system, skeletal, skeleton). (various references)

   

Italian

  

atomo (atom, mote). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atomyay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pessoa ou coisa diminuta, átomo (particle, speck). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

schelet (bone, carcas, frame, framework, framing, hulk, shell, skeleton), particulã (molecule, particle), corp minuscul. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

маленькое существо, атом (atom, atoms). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

atom (atom, atomic, atomical, monad, nuclear), küçücük şey, iskelet (bones, carcase, carcass, frame, framework, outline, skeletal, skeleton). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: ATOMY

Derivations

Words ending with "ATOMY": anatomy, microanatomy, neuroanatomy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ATOMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-m-o-t-y"

-1 letter: atom, mayo, moat.

-2 letters: mat, may, moa, mot, oat, tam, tao, tom, toy, yam, yom.

-3 letters: am, at, ay, ma, mo, my, om, oy, ta, to, ya, yo.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-o-t-y"
 

+2 letters: amatory, anatomy, antonym, atemoya, maggoty, mortary, myomata, tympano.

 

+3 letters: antimony, antinomy, antonyms, antonymy, atemoyas, autogamy, autonomy, autotomy, cometary, costmary, fumatory, homestay, majority, matronly, minatory, modality, molality, molarity, monetary, morality, moratory, mortally, mortuary, motorway, mycetoma, myoblast, myopathy, myotonia, mystagog, myxomata, polymath, ramosity, stomachy, stramony, tautonym, taxonomy, toadyism, tomalley, tomatoey, vagotomy, vasotomy, yokemate, zygomata.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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