Meanings
nounatomist (plural atomists)
plural atomists
- 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.
2002, Phillip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2004, page 9 - An adherent of the atomic theory.
Origin
Translations
Polish atomista, atomista
- atomistaan adherent of atomism
- atomistaan adherent of atomic theory
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APA
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