The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
atom comes from the word atomos ( a= not/ tomos= devisible)
it was called this because it was belived that all matter was made from individual descrete particles so not visible.
MIT lecture on the origin of the atom,
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The word 'atom' means 'uncuttable' or 'smallest indivisible particle of matter
The meaning of a word is its "definition."
a word of contrary meaning to the first word
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The term "nucleus" is from Latin nucleus("'kernel'"), derived from nux ("'nut'"). In 1844, Michael Faraday used the term to refer to the "central point of an atom". The modern atomic meaning was proposed by Ernest Rutherford in 1912.[1] The adoption of the term "nucleus" to atomic theory, however, was not immediate. In 1916, for example, Gilbert N. Lewis stated, in his famous article The Atom and the Molecule, that "the atom is composed of the kernel and an outer atom or shell". The term "nuclear" is derived from this word.
Meaning of this word is "removing something". This is the real meaning of that word. It is used sometimes in normal talking.
Atom
It is άτομο meaning indivisible.
Atom comes from the ancient Greek word "atomos" meaning "indivisible".
atomos, meaning split in two.
The Greeks, from the word atomon, meaning "uncuttable, indivisible."
Dalton didn't discover the atom. Democritus did. Dalton, however was the first to use the word atom. which comes from the GGreek word atomos, meaning "cannot be split"
The Greek root word that means uncut is "aklinein."
The Greek meaning of atom is 'UNCUTABLE.' or "UNDIVISIBLE"
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.
the meaning of paramanu is atom. Atom is the smallest particles of matter
polyvalent atom
john dalton didnt find the atom democrites did... john dalton was reading and found the word atomos in a journal and decided he would change the name to atom meaning undivisible.