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atomic theory

ato·mict·heory

uncommon

noun

1.

a theory of the structure of the atom

2.

(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”

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