1. Noun
An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
2. Noun
An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.
3. Noun
A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.
4. Noun
The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
5. Noun
Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
6. Verb
To reduce to atoms.
7. Noun
The smallest unit of a chemical element
8. Noun
A basic particle of an element.
The smallest unit of a chemical element that retains the element's characteristic properties.
“Each carbon atom can form several chemical bonds.”
9. Noun
(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
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