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(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles
the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe
How To Use atomistic theory In A Sentence
- They were nevertheless moderns in natural philosophy who accepted post-Galilean science, and propounded an atomistic theory of matter.
- On the other hand, the consistency of an atomistic theory is typically guaranteed by the trivial one-element model (with ˜P™ interpreted as identity), though we can also have models of atomistic theories that allow for infinitary decomposition. Wild Dreams Of Reality, 3
