Atom

n.	1.	(Physics) An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
	2.	(Chem.) The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
	3.	Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit. There was not an atom of water. - Sir J. Ross.
v. t.	1.	To reduce to atoms.

Noun	1.	atom - (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
	2.	atom - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything Synonyms: corpuscle, mote, particle, speck, molecule

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