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atomical, a.|əˈtɒmɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
1. Concerned with atoms; = atomic a. 2, 3.
1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 57 The Controversie twixt the Peripatetick and Atomical Philosophers. 1866Ferrier Lect. Grk. Philos. I. viii. 170 Doctrines of the Atomical philosophers.
2. Of or pertaining to atoms; = atomic a. 1.
1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. (1682) ii. 206 The parts of this Atomical Composition still marching away, and other succeeding in their rooms. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 58/2 The microscopical and atomical structure of fat.
3. Tiny, very minute.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 53 Their powders and Atomicall divisions. 1752Lisle Observ. Husb. 11 Minute, atomical, imperceptible bodies. |