what are atoms and minute particles
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a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence. Physics. one of the extremely small constituents of matter, as an atom or nucleus. an elementary particle, quark, or gluon. a body in which the internal motion is negligible
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☞ ᴀᴛᴏᴍs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀsɪᴄ ᴜɴɪᴛs ᴏғ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇғɪɴɪɴɢ sᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍ "ᴀᴛᴏᴍ" ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ғᴏʀ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪsɪʙʟᴇ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴛᴏᴍs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴀʟʟᴇsᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ. ... ᴀᴛᴏᴍs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ʙᴀɴɢ 13.7 ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ.
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☞ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇ ɪs ᴀ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀssᴇs ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴏʀᴍᴏᴜs ʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴏғ sɪᴢᴇs: ғʀᴏᴍ sᴜʙᴀᴛᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇs, sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴs, ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇs ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴇᴇɴ, sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇs ᴏғ ᴅᴜsᴛ ғʟᴏᴀᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ sᴜɴʟɪɢʜᴛ.
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