town in NC N.Mex., near Santa Fe: site of nuclear energy facility where the atomic bomb was developed: pop. 12,000
See Los Alamos in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lôs ălˈə-mōsˌ, lŏs)
An unincorporated community of north-central New Mexico northwest of Santa Fe. It was chosen in 1942 as a nuclear research site to produce the first atomic bombs. The Atomic Energy Commission governed the town from 1947 to 1962. Population: 11,900.