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 atomist 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, atomistic theory] [ant: holism]