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In science a good definition of and atom would be a unit of matter which is the smallest unit that an element can divided up into while still retaining all the characteristics of that element and consisting of a dense, central, positively charged nucleus surrounded by one or more negatively charged electrons inhabiting discreet energy shells at differing distances from the nucleus.

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