different between atomist vs atomise

English

Etymology

atom +? -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æt?m?st/

Noun

atomist (plural atomists)

1. An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
   • 2002, Phillip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 9:

     What distinguished the atomists from their opponents was not the belief in tiny particles that make up matter, but the question of what separated them.

2. An adherent of the atomic theory.

Anagrams

• Tomitas

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed. Equivalent to atoom +? -ist. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.to??m?st/
• Hyphenation: ato?mist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

atomist m (plural atomisten)

1. (chiefly historical) An atomist.

Related terms

• atomisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French atomiste.

Adjective

atomist m or n (feminine singular atomist?, masculine plural atomi?ti, feminine and neuter plural atomiste)

1. atomistic

Declension

English

Verb

atomise (third-person singular simple present atomises, present participle atomising, simple past and past participle atomised)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of atomize

Anagrams

• Samiote, amosite, atomies, osmiate

French

Verb

atomise

1. first-person singular present indicative of atomiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of atomiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of atomiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of atomiser
5. second-person singular imperative of atomiser

Anagrams

• maoïste