| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.[Websters]. | |
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"ATOMIST" is a common misspelling or typo for: atomists. |
Date "ATOMIST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Atomist \At"om*ist\, noun. [Compare to the French expression atomiste.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ATOMIST
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] One who holds to the atomical philosophy.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles. 2002, Phillip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 9: What distinguished the atomists from their opponents was not the belief in tiny particles that make up matter, but the question of what separated them. (references) | 2: [Noun] An adherent of the atomic theory. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: ATOMIST
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Atomist theory | (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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