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homoeomery

noun
ho·moe·om·ery
plural -es

Definition of homoeomery 

1 : one of an infinite number of homogeneous ultimate particles of matter constituting through their combination and separation everything in the world

2 : an Anaxagorean theory postulating homoeomeries

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History and Etymology for homoeomery

Latin homoeomeria, from Greek homoiomereia, from homoiomerēs + -eia -y

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