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atoms

noun

plural of atom

as in particles

a very small piece give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending

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Recent Examples of atoms Knowing a molecule’s elemental composition does not necessarily reveal how its atoms are connected. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 There, hydrogen atoms can become energized in a way that blocks bluer light and lets through only redder light. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 Our results will help pinpoint how many high-energy cosmic rays are made of hydrogen, compared to heavier atoms. — Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 At the end of each run, the atoms that landed in one of the interferometer’s two exits were sorted by the phase accumulated by the falling path. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The interstellar medium is filled with ionized gas where atoms have been shorn of electrons. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The optics are also described as being resistant to fast-moving fluids and particles, as well as to many chemicals.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
But those procedures can also send plastic particles down the drain — waste that South Florida’s wastewater systems aren’t designed to catch.

— Laurie Mermet, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

Over time chemical reactions produced early versions of metabolism, the ability for molecules to pass down information, and the formation of compartments that would become the boundaries of cells.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Within the cell, hydrogen molecules release electrons and protons at the anode.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of molecules

Noun

Some kits include stone-like chips or flecks to scatter over the surface of the wet paint for a realistic effect.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of flecks of sequins caught the light as Jenner made her way down the red carpet, glittering from every angle.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of flecks

Noun

Sand doesn’t contain many nutrients, and its grains don’t stick together like particles in fertile soil do.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026
Ricing season is well underway in Wisconsin, with tribal and non-tribal harvesters venturing onto rice beds to knock manoomin grains into canoes.

— Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of grains

Noun

Perhaps that’s why the show at Scully’s feels so major; by incorporating scraps of New York into the work, Prieto is finally metabolizing a piece of the city.

— Jill Singer, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026
On that sixth consecutive practice, for example, a couple of scraps broke out.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of scraps

Noun

In the moment, however, Martins imbues tremendous intrigue through snippets of the seemingly distracted middle-aged driver, Wesley (Renato Novaes), and eventually, through the crash itself.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2026
There are snippets from Moby-Dick and The Sound of Music, a nauseous memory of the Stanley Steemer man who used to soak David’s carpets with a toxic cleaning agent that squelched around his bare feet (‘Suck, suck, suck’).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

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