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Atom ˈætəm Noun Bre Splitting Hydrogen Combine Oxygen
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- the splitting of the atom
- two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
- the scientist ernest rutherford was the first person to split the atom.
- positively charged atoms
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atom(noun)BrE / ˈætəm / NAmE / ˈætəm / - the smallest particle (1) of a chemical element that can exist
- the splitting of the atom
- Two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
- The scientist Ernest Rutherford was the first person to split the atom.
- positively charged atoms
Word Origin- late 15th cent.: from Old French atome, via Latin from Greek atomos ‘indivisible’, based on a- ‘not’ + temnein ‘to cut’.
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