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atomists

atomists is the plural of atomist.

Meaning of atomist

Noun

atomist (plural atomists)

  1. An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
    • What distinguished the atomists from their opponents was not the belief in tiny particles that make up matter, but the question of what separated them.2002, Phillip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2004, page 9
  2. An adherent of the atomic theory.

Questions about atomists

What is atomists the plural of?
Atomists is the plural of atomist.

Words near atomists in the dictionary

  1. atomisms
  2. atomist
  3. atomistic
  4. atomistically
  5. atomistics
  6. atomists
  7. atomitat
  8. atomitats
  9. Atomium
  10. atomizability
  11. atomizable

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