break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
When pressure in the gun nozzle breaks up the paint and solvents into fine particles.
to break up a liquid into a fine spray, as in oil burner nozzles and atomizing water humidifiers
To break up a liquid into fine droplets by various means such as pressure, rotating discs, air blast, vibration or ultra-sound.
To break a liquid into a mist or droplets. Spray guns atomize paint by forcing the paint through a small orifice under high pressure and through air stream interaction.
The breaking-up of paint into fine particles or droplets by a paint gun using compressed air. ( 099)
To reduce or minimize to a fine spray.
To separate into atoms. To reduce a liquid into a fine spray. To disintegrate.
Process of changing a liquid to minute particles or a fine spray; break steam into small particles.