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The Greek meaning of atom is 'UNCUTABLE.' or "UNDIVISIBLE"

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Who is responsible for coming up with the name atom?

The term "atom" is derived from the ancient Greek word "atomos," meaning indivisible. The concept of atoms as the basic building blocks of matter was proposed by the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus.


What does atoms mean in greek?

"Atom" in Greek is "άτομο" (átomo), which translates to "indivisible" or "uncuttable." This term was used by ancient philosophers to describe the smallest unit of matter that could not be divided further.


Did Democritus name the atom?

Because Democritus thought that atom was indivisible. He thought that everything in the universe is made up of only one thing which is so tiny called atoms. The word 'atom' came from the greek word 'atomos' meaning 'indivisible'.


What does chromatography mean in Greek?

The name Chromatography comes from the greek word "Chromos" meaning color and "grafein" meaning to write. So, Chromatography is "writing with colors"...


What does the name of the atom come from?

The word "atom" comes from theLatin root "tomos" meaning cut, with the prefix "a" meaning not, this comes from the ancient Roman Democritus who thought that all matter was composed of indivisible units. Thus "atomos" or atoms. Hope that's what you meant :) This is absurd. Use anything, for example, google or answers.com and get it right. "tomos" and "Democritus" are all Greek. Your answer is correct, but it's all Greek not Roman. Does it make any difference to you, Greeks from Romans? The word "atom" comes from the two Greek affixes, a-tom; "a" is the privative affix meaning deprivation; "tom" comes from the Greek "temno" (τέμνω) meaning "slit", "slash", "cut". Therefore, atom means the "non-slit" (further). Another example for the affix "tom" is the Greek word "tomos" (τόμος) which also comes from the aforementioned affix "tom" and means "volume" (of a book) exactly because the volume of a book is slit in its pages.