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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 ML-accelerated Raman pipeline connects atomistic simulations with experimental measurements, allowing scientists to evaluate candidate materials more efficiently.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

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

The reasoning supporting the atomistic views described above is a priori.

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

The observations of electricity in a vacuum, therefore, yield no confirmation whatsoever of the atomistic view of matter.

From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst

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