Definition of "atomicity" []

• The state of being composed of atoms. (noun)
• Chemistry The number of atoms in a molecule. (noun)
• Chemistry Valence. (noun)

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• "The saturating power is called atomicity or valency."
• "The lecturer objected most strongly to the word "atomicity;" he could not conceive of one atom being more atomic than another; he could understand the atomicity of"
• "As it says, rdiff-backup does make an effort to recover from different types of errors in different ways, to leave the database in a consistent state in the face of unrecoverable errors, and reverse failed backup sessions (effecting a kind of atomicity between sessions)."