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▸ noun: (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
▸ noun: (now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
▸ noun: (philosophy) In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
▸ noun: (historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
▸ noun: A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
▸ noun: A very small amount; a whit.
▸ noun: (computing, programming, Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
▸ noun: (mathematics) A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero").
▸ noun: (mathematics, set theory) An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.
▸ noun: (Canada, usually attributive) An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds.
▸ noun: A Meitei surname from Manipuri
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