atom
noun
[ ˈatəm ]
• the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist.
Similar:
particle,
molecule,
bit,
little bit,
tiny bit,
tiny piece,
fragment,
fraction,
grain,
granule,
crumb,
morsel,
mite,
mote,
speck,
spot,
dot,
iota,
jot,
whit,
scrap,
shred,
trace,
tinge,
ounce,
modicum,
scintilla,
vestige,
stim,
smidgen,
smidge,
tad,
scantling,
scruple,
• a level of amateur sport, typically involving children aged between nine and eleven.
• "eight atom hockey teams"
Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French atome, via Latin from Greek atomos ‘indivisible’, based on a- ‘not’ + temnein ‘to cut’.
