HyperDic: atomistic_theory

English > 1 sense of the expression atomistic theory:
NOUNcognitionatomistic theory, atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles
English > atomistic theory: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles.
Synonymsatomism, atomic theory, atomist theory
Categorychemistry, chemical scienceThe science of matter
BroadertheoryA well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world
Oppositeholism, holistic theoryThe theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole
Spanishatomismo

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