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atomistical — at·om·is·ti·cal … English syllables
atomistical — adjective divided into separate and often disparate elements • Syn: ↑atomistic • Ant: ↑holistic (for: ↑atomistic) • Derivationally related forms: ↑atomism, ↑atomism … Useful english dictionary
atomistic — adjective divided into separate and often disparate elements • Syn: ↑atomistical • Ant: ↑holistic • Derivationally related forms: ↑atomism (for: ↑atomistical), ↑atomism … Useful english dictionary
Atomistic — At om*is tic, a. 1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.] [1913 Webster] It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. divided into separate and often… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
atomism — atomist, n. atomistic, atomistical, adj. atomistically, adv. /at euh miz euhm/, n. 1. Also called atomic theory. Philos. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter. 2. Psychol. a … Universalium
atomic theory — noun 1. a theory of the structure of the atom • Hypernyms: ↑scientific theory • Hyponyms: ↑Bohr theory, ↑Rutherford atom • Part Holonyms: ↑nuclear physics, ↑atomic physics, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
atomist theory — noun (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe • Syn: ↑atomism, ↑atomic theory,… … Useful english dictionary
atomistic theory — noun (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe • Syn: ↑atomism, ↑atomic theory,… … Useful english dictionary
