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atomistic

American  
[a-tuh-mist-ik] / ˌæ təˈmɪst ɪk /

adjective

  1. divided into or consisting of many separate components.

  2. relating to atomism.


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The machine learning results were successfully validated by long-timescale atomistic simulations.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

Worse, this atomistic approach loses sight of the people who suffer great harm because of the court’s decree—people like Ray, whom CPCs target precisely because they are the most vulnerable.

From Slate May 22, 2023

What inspired Kanad and his atomistic understanding of reality?

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Fermi, Pasta and Ulam wanted to use their new problem-solving tool—computer simulation—to virtually zoom in on a system and observe atomistic interactions at the molecular level, with a realism that was not possible before.

From Scientific American Sep. 29, 2021

His theory of experience, therefore, closely parallels the atomistic theory of matter.

From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.

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