short for European Atomic Energy Community; an authority established by the European Economic Community (now the European Union) to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy
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Eur•at•om
(yŏŏ rat′əm, yə-, yŏŏr′at′-, yûr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmentan organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- Eur(opean) Atom(ic Energy Community)
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