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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

Unlike the Greek atomistic view explored earlier, each atom was thought to have a specific attribute.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

“Epicurus says we are in an atomistic system,” Delattre explained.

From The New Yorker Nov. 16, 2015

But the atomistic and unrelated sensations which he had in mind were purely fictitious products of his rationalist fancy.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by William James

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