Meaning & Definition of Atom in English
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Atom
/ætəm/
noun
1. (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
synonym:
- atom
2. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
synonym:
- atom,
- molecule,
- particle,
- corpuscle,
- mote,
- speck
Examples of using
According to Leucippus and Democritus, the atom would be indivisible. Today we know that is not true.
In the year 100 the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
In the year 1945 the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.