In a way, passing an array as argument always loses a dimension. The reason behind is that, for historical reasons, arrays cannot be directly copied, and thus what is really passed is a pointer. This is a common source of errors for novice programmers.
atomic number represents the protons in atom. As a example hydrogen has one proton and atomic number is 1.
Atomic Numbers. The atomic nucleus is in the center of the atom. The number of protons and neutrons in the atom define what type of atom or element it is. An element is a bunch of atoms that all have the same type of atomic structure. For instance, hydrogen is an element.