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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

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

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015

It may be said that the atomistic synthesis, but yesterday so decried, is to-day triumphant.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré

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