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The Greek word is atomos, which means indivisible. The Greek word is made up of the prefix "a", meaning "not" [as in asymptomatic, and atypical] and temnein, meaning "to cut". Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1979 Actually, I believe the question reffers either to atomic weapons or chemical elements such as uranium and plutonium which are relevant to nuclear physics and engineering. Having said that, the answer above is very relevant, as atomic weapons were named so because they work through reactions among particles (such as protons, electrons, etc.) which are thought to be indivisible. The first person to make the hypothesis that matter can be broken down to smaller parts until a point is reached when the parts cannor be further divided was the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus who is thus considered to be the "father" of atomic physics.

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