(แอท'ทัมมิสซึม) n. ทฤษภ๊ที่ว่าธาตุที่ไม่สามารถแบ่งให้เล็กกว่าเดิมได้อีกนั้นเป็นส่วนประกอบที่สุดของสารทั้งหลาย. -atomist n. -atomic (al) adj. (atomic theory)
[げんしろん, genshiron] (n) atomic theory; atomism[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Atomism \At"om*ism\, n. [Cf. F. atomisme.]
The doctrine of atoms. See {Atomic philosophy}, under
{Atomic}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atomism
n 1: (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to
simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex
ideas by association
2: (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}, {atomistic theory}] [ant:
{holism}, {holistic theory}]