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English noun: atom | |||
| 1. | atom (substance) (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carbon atom, free radical, hydrogen atom, isotope, monad, radical | ||
| Part holonym | elementary particle, fundamental particle, nucleus | ||
| Part meronym | chemical element, element, molecule | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry, natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 2. | atom (substance) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | ||
| Synonyms | corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chylomicron, flyspeck, grain, grinding, identification particle | ||
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