atomist

noun
/ˈætəmɪst/

Etymology

From atom + -ist.

  1. derived from ἄτομος
  2. derived from atomus
  3. derived from athome
  4. inherited from attome
  5. suffixed as atomist — “atom + ist

Definitions

  1. An adherent of atomism

    An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.

    • 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.
  2. An adherent of the atomic theory.

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