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1. What connotations do you think the word atomic might have for each of the following people? 1) A scientist working in a project to develop industrial use for nuclear power. 2) A Japanese resident of Hiroshima. 3) A student of nuclear physics Connotation refers to what which a word suggests or implies, traditionally known as connotations (内涵). It is not an essential part of the word-meaning, but associations that might occur in the mind of a particular user of the language. In the three sentences above, different people have different connotations for the word