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noun, masculine

átomo

/ˈatomo/

noun, masculine/ˈatomo/plural: átomos

atom (the smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element)

Related: antiátomo, atómico, atomismo, atomista, atomizar

Learned borrowing from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).