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Meaning of word atomic theory from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

atomic theory   noun

Meaning : A theory of the structure of the atom.

Meaning : (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles.

Example : The ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe.

Synonyms : atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory

The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole.

Holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states.
holism, holistic theory