the smallest units of matter that retain the properties of an element
from Greek atomos 'indivisible', from a- 'not' + temnein 'to cut'
The Greeks named atoms 'uncuttable' because they thought they were the smallest possible pieces of matter. Ironically, we later discovered you can split atoms - and when you do, things get very explosive!
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