atom

noun/ˈætəm/

Frequency rank: #5,867 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the smallest unit of a chemical element that retains its properties.

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Example sentence

Scientists discovered that every element is built from tiny particles, and each one is a single atom.

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