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atomistic theory
n : (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of
tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible
particles; "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and
Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe" [syn: atomism,
atomic theory, atomist theory] [ant: holism]