English Explanatory Dictionary

atomization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or an instance of atomizing.
  2. Converting liquid to mist.
  3. Separating pieces of data so as to put each piece in its optimal place within a relational database model, avoiding needless duplication and spurious dependencies.

Word forms

atomization atomizations

Etymology

From atom + -ization.

Synonyms

aerosolization nebulization

Related words

atomize

Translations

Catalan: atomització Galician: atomización German: Atomisierung Polish: atomizacja Portuguese: atomização Serbo-Croatian: атомизација Serbo-Croatian: atomizacija Spanish: atomización
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