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English noun: atomic theory

1. atomic theory (cognition) a theory of the structure of the atom


Broader (hypernym)scientific theory


Narrower (hyponym)Bohr theory, Rutherford atom


Part meronymatomic physics, nuclear physics, nucleonics

2. atomic theory (cognition) (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles


SamplesThe ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe.


Synonymsatomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory


Broader (hypernym)theory


Domain categorychemical science, chemistry


Antonymsholism, holistic theory









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