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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atom \At"om\, v. t. To reduce to atoms. [Obs.] --Feltham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atom \At"om\, n. [L. atomus Gr ?, uncut, indivisible; 'a priv. + ?, verbal adj of ? to cut: cf F. atome. See {Tome}.] 1. (Physics) a An ultimate indivisible particle of matter. b An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule. c A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles. Note: These three definitions correspond to different views of the nature of the ultimate particles of matter. In the case of the last two the particles are more correctly called molecules. --Dana. 2. (Chem.) The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule. 3. Anything extremely small a particle; a whit. There was not an atom of water. --Sir J. Ross. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: atom n 1: (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: {molecule}, {particle}, {mote}, {speck}]
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