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Meaning of 'atom' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Atom [ n.]
- An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
- An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.
- A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.
- The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
- Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
2 . Atom [ v. t.]
- To reduce to atoms.

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