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In 460 B.C. a Greek philosopher, Democritus, developed the idea of atoms. He asked this question: If you break a piece of matter in half, and then break it in half again, how many breaks will you have to make before you can break it no further? Democritus thought that it ended at some point, a smallest possible bit of matter. He called these basic matter particles, atoms, from Greek for "not breakable": a-tomos. (For the meaning of the two word parts, compare English words like "asymmetrical" and "tome".)
In India, a person named Kanaada/Kanada (known as the author of Vaisheshika Darshan) had the same idea, but obviously, he used a different word for the parts: "paramaanu" in Sanskrit, meaning "the ultimate particle". It's not clear when he lived exactly; estimates vary between 6th - 2nd Century BCE
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∙ 10y agoDemocritus.
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".
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.
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∙ 12y agoIt is difficult to answer this question because, Indians have told about Atom in many scripts especially in the mythological books which are very very early ancient. In Sanskrit you can find the translation for Atom in English language, In Tamil (one among the Indian language) it is mentioned as "ANU" (the N pronunciation is strong in this), Today if you ask who has coined the term Atom, it may be according to English, And that word will be originated from Greece. If you see the word by English it will be able for us to determinate the date of coinage of that word, but if you see according to Indian languages, it will not be so easy to do so.
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∙ 13y agoThe first person to use the word "atom" to describe matter was the Greek philosopher Democritus.
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∙ 9y agoThe first person to use the term atom was John Dalton. He was born into a Quaker family that resided in England.
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∙ 13y agothe first person to use the term atom is Democritus. :)
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∙ 12y agoIt was Democritus whn used the term atom first
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∙ 13y agoDemocritus.
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What term is defined as the center of an atom?
"nucleus"
Who said the mass of an electron is about 12000 that of a hydrogen atom?
its not, its closer to about 1/1800 of a hydrogen atom, the English chemist john Dalton was the first person to discover relative atomic masses and use them properly.
The term rutherford gave to the positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom was?
You should know this...Protons. Next time, just think about the question! (:
Term for an atom whose electrons have the lowest possible energies?
The correct answer would be ground state
What term describes a pure substance that is made up of only one atom?
This is a chemical element.
The Greeks were the first to use the term?
The Greeks were the first to use the term atom. Democritus first coined the term Atomos, which is defined as uncuttable. Atoms were based purely on philosophy in Democritus's time.
Which term is defined as an atom that has a charge?
Ionized atom Excited atom
What is the term word for atom?
Atom is the word used to describe a single unit of an element by all professional scientists. That is the only word you should use.
When did the guy who invented the term atom live?
The term atom comes from ancient Greek meaning indivisible.
When was the term advertising first used?
The first use of the term "advertising" was used in the year 1655!
What is an atom smasher?
An atom smasher is an informal term for a particle accelerator.
Who was the first to use the term state?
The term "state" has its origins in ancient Rome, where it was used to refer to a governing body. However, its modern usage in political science and international relations emerged during the Enlightenment period in Europe. Political philosophers like Thomas Hobbes and Jean Bodin are credited with popularizing the term in its contemporary sense.
What is the origin of the term Point Guard?
Dick Versace was the first to use the term.
What term is defined as a atom that has a charge?
When an atom has an electric charge it is called an ion.
What term is defined as an atom that has a charge?
When an atom has an electric charge it is called an ion.
Who made the first use of quantum theory to explain the structure of atom?
Niels Bohr
What sport was the first to use the term alley oop?
The term alley-oop was first used in the sport of basketball.
