Some ancient philosophers believed that matter is infinitely divisible, that any particle, no matter how small, can always be divided into smaller particles. Others believed that there must be a limit and that everything in the universe must be made up of tiny indivisible particles. Such a hypothetical particle was called atomos in Greek, which means βindivisible.β According to modern atomic theory, all matter is made up of tiny particles named atoms from the ancient Greek atomos. However, it has turned out that atoms are not indivisible after all. Indeed, the splitting of atoms can be used to produce vast amounts of energy, as in atom bombs.
There is not an atom of truth to what he said.
give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending
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The team found that the easier-to-crack ECC encryption, which is also widely used, would be overcome by an array of 10,000 atoms in about three years, or to 26,000 atoms in a few days.βπ Image Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 In contrast, neutral atom arrays allow long-range connections between qubits, enabling what researchers call high-rate codes.βπ Image Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026 To look at the leftover glow from the Big Bang, at the spectrum of temperature fluctuations (and also at the polarization) imprinted when neutral atoms first formed and the Universe became transparent to radiation.βπ Image Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026 While most are deflected, some particles spiral along magnetic field lines toward the poles, colliding with oxygen and nitrogen atoms high in the atmosphere.βπ Image Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for atom
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Middle English, from Latin atomus, from Greek atomos, from atomos indivisible, from a- + temnein to cut
