atomisation

Other forms of atomisation

plural

atomisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about atomisation

What does atomisation mean?

atomisation means "separating something into fine particles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in atomisation?

atomisation has 6 syllables: a-to-mi-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for atomisation?

Close synonyms include atomization, fragmentation, atomization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomisation a common word?

atomisation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.